Shloka 4

Droṇa Interdicts Sātyaki; Sātyaki’s Breakthrough and Duel with Kṛtavarmā (द्रोण-निवारणम्, सात्यकि-प्रवेशः, कृतवर्म-युद्धम्)

Devanagari script

यदि त्वं हि पुरा द्यूतात्‌ कुन्तीपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम्‌ । निवर्तयेथा: पुत्रांश्व न त्वां व्यसनमात्रजेत्‌,यदि आप कुन्तीनन्दन युधिष्ठिर तथा अपने पुत्रोंको पहले ही जूएसे रोक देते तो आपपर यह संकट नहीं आता

Transliteration

yadi tvaṃ hi purā dyūtāt kuntīputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram | nivartayethāḥ putrāṃś ca na tvāṃ vyasanam ājayet ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “If, long ago, you had restrained Kuntī’s son Yudhiṣṭhira from the gambling match—and had also checked your own sons—then this calamity would not have overtaken you.”

Word by Word

यदिif

त्वम्you

हिindeed/for

पुराformerly/beforehand

द्यूतात्from gambling/from the dice-game

कुन्तीपुत्रम्Kunti's son

युधिष्ठिरम्Yudhishthira

निवर्तयेथाःyou would have restrained/turned back

पुत्रान्sons

चand

नnot

त्वाम्you

व्यसनम्calamity/misfortune

आत्रजेत्would come upon/attack (you)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Yudhiṣṭhira

Kuntī

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied addressee)

Kaurava sons (implied: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons)

Dice game (dyūta)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes