Shloka 17

Devanagari script

अक्षेषु दोषा बहवो विधर्मा: श्रुतास्त्वया सहदेवो<ब्रवीद्‌ यान्‌ । तान्‌ नैषि त्वं त्यक्तुमसाधुजुष्टां- स्तेन सम सर्वे निरयं प्रपन्ना:,जूआ खेलनेमें बहुत-से पापमय दोष बताये गये हैं, जिन्हें सहदेवने तुझसे कहा था और तूने सुना भी था, तो भी तू उन दुर्जनसेवित दोषोंका परित्याग न कर सका; इसीसे हम सब लोग नरकतुल्य कष्टमें पड़ गये

Transliteration

arjuna uvāca |

akṣeṣu doṣā bahavo vidharmāḥ śrutās tvayā sahadevo 'bravīd yān |

tān naiṣi tvaṃ tyaktum asādhu-juṣṭāṃs tena sma sarve nirayaṃ prapannāḥ ||

Translation

Arjuna said: “In gambling there are many sinful faults—acts opposed to dharma—which Sahadeva had spoken to you, and which you had heard. Yet you could not abandon those vices, frequented by the wicked. Because of that, all of us have fallen into a hell-like misery.”

Word by Word

अक्षेषुin dice (game)

दोषाःfaults, evils

बहवःmany

विधर्माःunrighteous practices, adharma

श्रुताःheard

त्वयाby you

सहदेवःSahadeva

अब्रवीत्said, spoke

यान्which (ones)

तान्those

नnot

एषिyou go/are able (to proceed to)

त्वम्you

त्यक्तुम्to abandon

असाधुजुष्टान्frequented by the wicked

तेनtherefore/by that

समम्together, equally

सर्वेall

निरयम्hell

प्रपन्नाःhaving fallen into, having resorted to

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Sahadeva

dice (akṣa)

niraya (hell)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes