Shloka 14
Adhyāya 45 — Duryodhana’s Distress, Śakuni’s Counsel, and the Summons for Dyūta
इमं॑ त्वस्य न शक्ष्यामि क्षन्तुमद्य व्यतिक्रमम् । अवलेपाद् वधाहईस्य समग्रे राजमण्डले,“परंतु आज इसने अहंकारवश समस्त राजाओंके सामने मेरे साथ जो दुर्व्यवहार किया है, उसे मैं कभी क्षमा न कर सकूँगा
imaṁ tv asya na śakṣyāmi kṣantum adya vyatikramam | avalepād vadhārhasya samagre rājamaṇḍale ||
Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Heute kann ich diese Übertretung von ihm nicht vergeben. Aus bloßer Überheblichkeit hat er sich in der vollen Versammlung der Könige mir gegenüber so anmaßend benommen, dass er den Tod verdient.“
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Public humiliation driven by arrogance (avalepa) is presented as a grave ethical breach (vyatikrama) that disrupts social and royal order; the verse highlights the tension between forgiveness (kṣamā) and the demand for justice or punishment when honor is violated before the community.
In the midst of the royal assembly (rājamaṇḍala), a person has committed an unforgivable affront. The speaker declares that the offense cannot be pardoned and characterizes the offender as deserving death because the misconduct was done arrogantly and publicly.