Shloka 30

सभा-पर्व, अध्याय ६१ — द्रौपदी-प्रश्नः, सभाधर्मः, सत्यवचन-नियमः

Devanagari script

जातरूपस्य मुख्यस्य अनर्घेयस्थ भारत । एतद्‌ राजन्‌ मम धन तेन दीव्याम्यहं त्वया

Transliteration

jātarūpasya mukhyasya anargheyasya bhārata | etad rājan mama dhana tena dīvyāmy ahaṃ tvayā ||

Translation

ユディシュティラは言った。「バーラタよ、我には最上の黄金がある。値を量ることもかなわぬほどの宝だ。王よ、これが我が財である。これを賭けて、そなたと博打をしよう。」

Word by Word

• जातरूपस्य: of gold (lit. 'born-form', gold)
• जातरूपस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातरूप
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• मुख्यस्य: of the principal/excellent
• मुख्यस्य: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुख्य
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अनर्घ्यस्य: of priceless (invaluable)
• अनर्घ्यस्य: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनर्घ्य
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• भारत: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• धनम्: wealth, treasure
• धनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तेन: with that, by means of that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• दीव्यामि: I play (at dice), I gamble
• दीव्यामि: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: दिव् (दीव्यति)
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• त्वया: with you
• त्वया: Sahakari/Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bhārata (address)
• King (rājan; addressee)
• jātarūpa (gold/treasure)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even ‘priceless’ wealth becomes spiritually and socially destructive when placed in the service of addiction, pride, or rivalry; dharma requires restraint and discernment, not merely possession of riches.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the dice-hall episode, Yudhiṣṭhira declares the immense value of his gold and offers it as a stake, formally committing his treasure to the gambling match with the kingly opponent.