Shloka 11
Dyūta-kathā-praśnaḥ — Inquiry into the Dice-Game Calamity
त्रयोदश समा राजन्ुत्पातानां फलं महत् | सर्वक्षत्रविनाशाय भविष्यति विशाम्पते,“राजन! उत्पातोंका महान् फल तेरह वर्षोतक हुआ करता है। इस समय जो उत्पात प्रकट हुआ था, वह समस्त क्षत्रियोंका विनाश करनेवाला होगा
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: trayodaśa samā rājan utpātānāṁ phalaṁ mahat | sarva-kṣatra-vināśāya bhaviṣyati viśāṁ-pate ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “O King, the portent’s great consequence is said to mature over thirteen years. The ominous signs that have appeared now will, O lord of the people, bring about the destruction of the entire warrior order.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames extraordinary omens (utpātas) as morally weighty indicators whose consequences ripen over time; when such signs appear, they warn rulers that collective adharma and political arrogance can culminate in catastrophic, society-wide ruin—here, the collapse of the warrior order.
Vaiśampāyana addresses the king and interprets the portents that have manifested, stating that their great result is expected to mature over a span of thirteen years and that these particular omens foretell the destruction of all kṣatriyas—an ominous foreshadowing of the coming great war and its devastation.