Shloka 10
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच सर्वेर्भवद्धिर्विंदितं यथायं युधिष्ठिर: सौबलेनाक्षवत्याम् । जितो निकृत्यापद्वतं च राज्यं वनप्रवासे समय: कृतश्न,श्रीकृष्णने भाषण देना प्रारम्भ किया--उपस्थित सुहृद्गण! आप सब लोगोंको यह मालूम ही है कि सुबलपुत्र शकुनिने द्यूतसभामें किस प्रकार कपट करके धर्मात्मा युधिष्ठिरको परास्त किया और इनका राज्य छीन लिया है। उस जूएमें यह शर्त रख दी गयी थी कि जो हारे, वह बारह वर्षोतक वनवास और एक वर्षतक अज्ञातवास करे
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca | sarvair bhavadbhir viditaṃ yathāyaṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ saubalenākṣavatyām | jito nikṛtyāpahṛtaṃ ca rājyaṃ vanapravāse samayaḥ kṛtaś ca ||
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: “All of you well know how this Yudhiṣṭhira, in the gambling hall, was defeated by Saubala (Śakuni) through deceit, and how his kingdom was taken away. You also know that a binding condition was fixed for exile to the forest (as the consequence of that loss).”
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames the ethical breach at the root of the conflict: a righteous king is dispossessed not by fair contest but by nikṛti (fraud). It highlights how adharma in procedure (deceitful means) corrupts outcomes and creates binding yet tragic consequences (the exile agreement), setting the moral ground for later demands for justice.
Kṛṣṇa begins addressing the assembled allies and elders, reminding them of the well-known event: Śakuni’s deceptive victory over Yudhiṣṭhira in the dice-hall, the seizure of the Pāṇḍavas’ kingdom, and the stipulation that followed—forest exile as the agreed consequence of the loss.