Shloka 6
Adhyāya 59: Vidura’s Admonition to Duryodhana after the Summons of Draupadī (सभा पर्व)
न हि मान प्रशंसन्ति निकृती कितवस्य हि । शकुने मैव नो जैषीरमार्गेण नृशंसवत्
na hi mānaṃ praśaṃsanti nikṛtī kitavasya hi | śakune mā eva no jaiṣīr amārgeṇa nṛśaṃsavat, śakune ||
Yudhiṣṭhira sprach: „Ehre wird nicht wahrhaft gepriesen, wenn sie aus Trug und den Kniffen eines Spielers stammt. O Śakuni, suche uns nicht auf einem unrechten Pfad zu besiegen, wie ein grausamer Mann. Nicht durch Betrug soll der Sieg dir zufallen.“
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Honor gained through fraud is not worthy of praise; victory should be sought only through righteous means (dharma), not through deceitful manipulation.
During the dice-game episode in the Sabha Parva, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Śakuni, condemning the use of trickery in gambling and warning him not to win by improper, cruel means.