Shloka 27
द्यूतप्रियेण राजेन्द्र तथा तद् भवता कृतम् | प्रायेणाज्ञातचर्यायां वयं सर्वे निपातिता:,'राजेन्द्र! जूएके खेलमें आसक्त होकर आपने ऐसा अनर्थ कर डाला कि प्राय: हम सब लोगोंको अज्ञातवासके संकटमें लाकर पटक दिया
dyūtapriyeṇa rājendra tathā tad bhavatā kṛtam | prāyeṇājñātacaryāyāṃ vayaṃ sarve nipātitāḥ |
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “O best of kings, because you were fond of gambling, you acted in that way. By it, you have almost cast all of us into the perilous condition of living in concealment (incognito).”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Attachment to gambling (a loss of self-mastery) leads to ethical and practical ruin, endangering not only the individual but also dependents and companions; a king’s personal vice becomes a collective calamity.
The speaker rebukes the king for his fondness for dice, stating that the deed has effectively pushed them all toward the dangerous requirement of living incognito—an allusion to the Pandavas’ exile conditions following the gambling loss.