Character

シャクニ

शकुनिŚakuni

verses
624
books
3
chapters
235

What the texts say

In the Mahabharata, Shakuni, also called Saubala, is a prince of Gandhara who brought his sister to the Kurus. Mahabharata 1.57.94, 1.103.14 Duryodhana, a Kaurava prince, envied Yudhishthira's splendour and resolved with Shakuni on a deceitful game of dice. Mahabharata (Gita Press) 1.1.146 At the match Shakuni defeated Yudhishthira, who lost his kingdom and his brothers. Mahabharata 1.1.105, 2.58.26 Through Shakuni's stratagem, Yudhishthira was then sent to the forest for twelve years and a thirteenth year incognito. Mahabharata (Gita Press) 1.61.50 In the war, his nephew Sahadeva killed him, and the Mahabharata calls him the root of the quarrel and the dice game. Mahabharata 11.24.21, 1.1.149

Where to read

Every verse that names シャクニ, book by book.

  1. Mahabharata

    621 verses · 232 chapters

    All 621 verses in the Mahabharata

    Also in the Gita Press edition: 737 verses

    • 2.58.1

      シャクニは言った。「ユディシュティラよ、汝はパーンダヴァの多くの財を失った。クンティーの子よ、まだ失われていない財があるなら、それを告げよ。」

    • 2.54.1

      ユディシュティラは言った。この賽の勝負で、欺く者に敗れたのだ、シャクニよ——さあ、なおも賭けを重ねよう。賭け金は幾千にも及ばせて。

    • 2.53.1

      シャクニは言った。「王よ、 सभा（集会殿）はすでに整えられ、彼らも遊興の支度ができている。賽（さい）を持て。ユディシュティラよ、賽の戯れの定めの時を定めよう。」

  2. Bhagavatam

    2 verses · 2 chapters

    • 3.1.14

      このように語るヴィドゥラ——その品性が徳ある人々に敬われたクシャッター——は、怒りに膨れ、唇を震わせるスヨーダナに侮辱された。スヨーダナはそのとき、カルナ、弟たち、そして母方の叔父シャクニと共にいた。

    • 3.3.13

      カルナ、ドゥフシャーサナ、サウバラの悪しき策謀の果てに、スヨーダナ（ドゥルヨーダナ）は福運と寿命を失った。従者とともに地に伏し、強大でありながら腿を砕かれて横たわる彼を見て、主はその光景を喜ばれなかった。

  3. Skanda Purana

    1 verse · 1 chapter

    • 6.1.72.18

      シャウバラ（シャクニ）とカルナ、また他の諸王とともに、彼は王の従者の列を離れて、その聖なる地をさまよい歩いた。

Key chapters

The chapters where シャクニ matters most.

  1. Escalation of Wagers and Shakuni’s Repeated Declarations of Victory

    Mahabharata 2.58 · 32 verses

    Architect of escalation

  2. Yudhiṣṭhira’s Enumeration of Stakes in the Dice Match

    Mahabharata 2.54 · 16 verses

    Dice-master and instrument of predation

  3. Commencement of the Dice Game

    Mahabharata 2.53 · 12 verses

    Catalyst and procedural authority who converts invitation into…

  4. Unrestrained Battle Description and Śakuni’s Rear Assault

    Mahabharata 9.22 · 13 verses

    Architect of unrestrained tactics

  5. Śakuni and Duryodhana on Planning the Dice-Game

    Mahabharata 2.44 · 11 verses

    Strategist and corrupter of process

  6. Duryodhana’s Fast: Śakuni’s Consolation and the Summoning of a Kṛtyā

    Mahabharata 3.239 · 10 verses

    Counselor-uncle attempting de-escalation through pragmatic and…

  7. Chapter 23: Śakuni Reports, Kaurava Advance, and Arjuna’s Penetration of the Host

    Mahabharata 9.23 · 10 verses

    Kaurava instigator and tactical agitator

  8. Adhyāya 45: Duryodhana’s Distress, Śakuni’s Counsel, and the Summons for Dyūta

    Mahabharata 2.45 · 8 verses

    Architect of manipulation

  9. Renewed Summons to the Dice-Game and Exile Wager

    Mahabharata 2.67 · 8 verses

    Architect of the trap who converts the rematch into a single…

  10. Vighasāśin and the Difficulty of Gārhasthya

    Mahabharata 12.11 · 7 verses

    Divine corrector and dharma-guardian

Key episodes

  1. The Game of Dice

    Mahabharata 2.53-2.63

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