Shloka 24

Devanagari script

समुत्क्षेपण चैकेन वनवासाय भारत | प्रतिजग्राह त॑ पार्थो ग्लहं जग्राह सौबल: । जितमित्येव शकुनिर्युधिष्ठिरमभाषत,भारत! वनवासकी शर्त रखकर केवल एक ही बार पासा फेंकनेसे जूएका खेल पूरा हो जायगा। युधिष्ठिरने उसकी बात स्वीकार कर ली। तत्पश्चात्‌ सुबलपुत्र शकुनिने पासा हाथमें उठाया और उसे फेंककर युधिष्ठिस्से कहा--मैरी जीत हो गयी

Transliteration

Vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |

Samutkṣepaṇaṃ caikena vanavāsāya Bhārata |

Pratijagrāha taṃ Pārtho glahaṃ jagrāha Saubalaḥ |

Jitam ity eva Śakunir Yudhiṣṭhiram abhāṣata ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “O Bhārata, (Śakuni proposed) that with a single throw the entire game would be concluded, on the condition of exile to the forest. Pārtha (Yudhiṣṭhira) accepted that wager. Then Saubala (Śakuni), taking up the dice, cast them and said to Yudhiṣṭhira, ‘I have won.’”

Word by Word

समुत्क्षेपणम्by (a single) throw/cast (of the dice)

चand

एकेनwith one; by a single (one)

वनवासायfor exile in the forest

भारतO Bharata

प्रतिजग्राहaccepted; agreed to

तत्that (proposal/condition)

पार्थःPārtha (Yudhiṣṭhira)

ग्लहम्the dice-game; gambling match

जग्राहtook up; seized (the dice)

सौबलःSaubala (Śakuni, son of Subala)

जितम्won; victory (as a fact/result)

इतिthus; saying

एवindeed; just

शकुनिःŚakuni

युधिष्ठिरम्Yudhiṣṭhira

अभाषतspoke to; addressed

भारतO Bharata

Speaker

(वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Bhārata (address to Janamejaya/descendant of Bharata)

Pārtha (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Saubala (Śakuni)

Śakuni

Yudhiṣṭhira

dice (akṣa)

wager (glaha)

forest exile (vanavāsa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes