Shloka 8
Adhyāya 59: Vidura’s Admonition to Duryodhana after the Summons of Draupadī (सभा पर्व)
अक्षग्लह: सो5भिभवेत् परं न- स्तेनैव दोषो भवतीह पार्थ । दीव्यामहे पार्थिव मा विशड्कां कुरुष्य पाणं च चिरं च मा कृथा:
akṣagrahaḥ so 'bhibhavet paraṁ naḥ tenaiva doṣo bhavatīha pārtha | dīvyāmahe pārthiva mā viśaṅkāṁ kuruṣva pāṇaṁ ca ciraṁ ca mā kṛthāḥ ||
ユディシュティラは言った。「あの賽の達人は、きっと我らを圧するであろう。だが、パールタよ、この件の咎はただ彼一人に帰する。さあ、王よ、賭けよう—疑念を抱くな。賭け金を定め、ためらうな。」
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a moral rationalization: Yudhiṣṭhira anticipates defeat by a skilled gambler yet claims the blame will lie with the deceiver. It raises an ethical tension between foreseeing harm and still consenting to an action, shifting culpability to the opponent rather than exercising restraint.
In the lead-up to the dice game in the royal assembly, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Pārtha (Arjuna) and urges proceeding with the play. He predicts that the expert dice-player will overpower them, but he instructs the king to place the wager without suspicion and without delay.