Shloka 4

Devanagari script

सहदेव उवाच शकुनिस्त्वां यदाजैषीदक्षद्यूतेन भारत । स मया न हतत्तत्र तेन प्राप्ता: सम संशयम्‌,सहदेवने कहा--भारत! जब शकुनिने आपको जूएमें जीत लिया और उस समय मैंने उसे मार नहीं डाला, उसीका यह फल है कि आज हमलोग धर्मसंकटमें पड़ गये हैं

Transliteration

sahadeva uvāca | śakunis tvāṃ yadājaiṣīd akṣadyūtena bhārata | sa mayā na hataḥ tatra tena prāptāḥ sma saṃśayam ||

Translation

Sahadeva said: “O Bhārata, when Śakuni defeated you in the game of dice, I did not kill him then. The consequence of that omission is this: today we have fallen into grave doubt and peril, caught in a crisis of dharma.”

Word by Word

सहदेवःSahadeva

उवाचsaid

शकुनिःShakuni

त्वाम्you

यत्that (fact) which

अजैषीत्won, conquered

अक्षद्यूतेनby dice-play, by gambling

भारतO Bharata (descendant of Bharata)

सःhe

मयाby me

नnot

हतःkilled

तत्रthere, at that time/place

तेनby that, because of that

प्राप्ताःhave reached, have come to

स्मःwe are

संशयम्doubt, peril, predicament

Speaker

सहदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sahadeva

Śakuni

Bhārata (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes