Shloka 73
विषमं शकुनेश्वैव तव चैव विशाम्पते । “इस समय आपने पहलेके समान ही पुनः यह जूएका खेल आरम्भ कर दिया है। प्रजानाथ! आपका यह जूआ शकुनिके जूएसे कहीं अधिक भयंकर है
viṣamaṃ śakuneś caiva tava caiva viśāmpate |
Sañjaya said: “O lord of the people, the game you are playing now is perilous—more ruinous even than Śakuni’s gambling. As before, you have begun again the same destructive ‘dice-play,’ inviting disaster upon your realm and your own house.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler’s choices can become a ‘game of dice’ with catastrophic stakes; repeating past errors—especially those rooted in greed, delusion, or attachment—invites greater ruin than even an enemy’s deceit. Ethical governance requires restraint, clear judgment, and learning from prior downfall.
Sañjaya addresses the king as ‘lord of the people’ and warns that the present course of action is dangerously misguided, likening it to restarting the infamous dice-game associated with Śakuni—implying that the king is again courting calamity through reckless decisions.