Shloka 126

Duryodhana-patana-anuśocana

The Fall of Duryodhana and the Contest of Restraint

Devanagari script

यदेकविजये युद्ध पणितं घोरमीदृशम्‌ । पाण्डुनन्दन! एककी ही हार-जीतसे सबकी हार-जीतकी शर्त लगाकर जो इन्होंने इस भयंकर युद्धको जूएका दाँव बना डाला, यह धर्मराजकी बड़ी भारी नासमझी है

Transliteration

yad ekavijaye yuddhe paṇitaṃ ghoram īdṛśam | pāṇḍunandana! ekakī hi hāra-jītase sabkī hāra-jītakī śarta lagākara yo inhone is bhayaṅkara yuddhako jūe kā dāṃva banā ḍālā, yah dharmarājakī baṛī bhārī nāsamajhī hai |

Translation

Vāyu said: “O son of Pāṇḍu! To stake such a dreadful wager on a single victory in battle—making everyone’s defeat or triumph depend on one throw, as though this terrible war were a gambler’s stake—this is a grave folly on the part of Dharmarāja.”

Word by Word

यत्that which

एक-विजयेin a single victory

युद्धेin battle

पणितम्wagered, staked

घोरम्terrible

ईदृशम्such as this

पाण्डु-नन्दनO son of Pāṇḍu

एककीof one (person)

हिindeed, for

हार-जीतयोःof/with (his) defeat and victory

सर्वेषाम्of all

हार-जीतयोःof/with defeat and victory

शर्तम्a condition, a stake

लगाकरhaving set/placed (as a stake)

यत्which

एतैःby these (people)

अस्मिन्in this

घोर-युद्धम्this terrible war

ज्यूत-वत्as a game of dice, like gambling

दावम्a stake, a wager

कृतवन्तःhave made

एषाthis

धर्म-राजस्यof Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)

महतीgreat

अविवेकताfolly, lack of discernment

इतिthus

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva

Pāṇḍunandana (a Pāṇḍava)

Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)

yuddha (the war)

paṇa (wager/stake)

jūa (gambling, as an image)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes