Shloka 17
पुनर्दीव्याम भद्रं ते वनवासाय पाण्डवै: । एवमेतान् वशे कर्तु शक्ष्याम: पुरुषर्षभ,पुरुषश्रेष्ठू आपका भला हो, हम चाहते हैं कि वनवासकी शर्त रखकर पाण्डवोंके साथ फिर एक बार जूआ खेलें। इस प्रकार इन्हें हम अपने वशमें कर सकेंगे
punar dīvyāma bhadraṁ te vanavāsāya pāṇḍavaiḥ | evam etān vaśe kartuṁ śakṣyāmaḥ puruṣarṣabha ||
Duryodhana said: “Let us gamble again—may it be well with you—setting exile in the forest as the stake for the Pāṇḍavas. In this way, O bull among men, we shall be able to bring them under our control.”
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how courteous speech can mask unethical intent: Duryodhana frames a renewed dice game as a strategic tool to subjugate the Pāṇḍavas, illustrating the moral danger of using deceitful means to gain power.
After the earlier gambling episode, Duryodhana urges that the dice game be held again, this time with the condition that the Pāṇḍavas must accept forest exile as the stake, aiming to secure their defeat and bring them under Kaurava control.