Shloka 10

Devanagari script

जानीमहे देवितं सौबलस्य वेद द्यूते निकृतिं पर्वतीय: । यतः प्राप्त: शकुनिस्तत्र यातु मा यूयुधो भारत पाण्डवेयान्‌,मैं सुबलपुत्र शकुनिका जूआ खेलना कैसा है, यह जानता हूँ। यह पर्वतीय नरेश जूएकी सारी कपटविद्याको जानता है। मेरी इच्छा है कि यह शकुनि जहाँसे आया है, वहीं लौट जाय। भारत! इस तरह कौरवों तथा पाण्डवोंमें युद्धकी आग न भड़काओ

Transliteration

jānīmahe devitaṃ saubalasya veda dyūte nikṛtiṃ parvatīyaḥ | yataḥ prāptaḥ śakunistastra yātu mā yūyudho bhārata pāṇḍaveyān ||

Translation

Vidura said: “I know well the cunning of Saubala’s son. This king of the hills is thoroughly versed in deceit in the game of dice. Let Śakuni go back to the very place from which he came. O Bhārata, do not inflame the fire of conflict between the Kauravas and the sons of Pāṇḍu.”

Word by Word

जानीमहेwe know

देवितम्gambling, play (at dice)

सौबलस्यof Saubala (Shakuni)

वेदknows

द्यूतेin gambling, at dice-play

निकृतिम्deceit, trickery

पर्वतीयःthe king of the mountains (Parvataka/Parvatiya)

यतःfrom where

प्राप्तःhaving come, arrived

शकुनिःShakuni

तत्रthere

यातुlet (him) go

माdo not

यूयुधःO Yuyudha/Yuyudhana

भारतO Bharata

पाण्डवेयान्the Pandavas (sons of Pandu)

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

Śakuni

Saubala (Śakuni’s father, by patronymic reference)

Bhārata (addressed person, i.e., Dhṛtarāṣṭra in context)

Pāṇḍavas

Kauravas

dice-game (dyūta)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Vidura condemns deceitful gambling as adharma and urges the king to remove the source of manipulation (Śakuni) to prevent escalation into fratricidal war; ethical governance requires restraining vice before it becomes violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the lead-up to the dice match in the royal assembly, Vidura warns that Śakuni is an expert in cheating at dice and pleads that he be sent away, so that hostility between the Kauravas and the Pāṇḍavas does not ignite into open war.