Shloka 26
Gandhārī’s Lament for Bhūriśravas and Śakuni
Book 11, Chapter 24
मायया निकृतिप्रज्ञो जितवान् यो युधिष्ठिरम् । सभायां विपुलं राज्यं स पु]नर्जीवितं जित:,जो छलविद्याका पण्डित था, जिसने द्यूतसभामें मायाद्वारा युधिष्ठिर तथा उनके विशाल राज्यको जीत लिया था, वही फिर अपना जीवन भी हार गया
māyayā nikṛtiprajño jitavān yo yudhiṣṭhiram | sabhāyāṃ vipulaṃ rājyaṃ sa punar jīvitam api jitaḥ ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。欺きと幻術に長け、王の सभा（集会）においてユディシュティラを打ち負かし、その広大な王国を奪い取ったその男は、やがて逆に討ち負かされ、ついには自らの命さえ失った。この詩句はアダルマ（不義）の反動を示す――詐欺によって得た勝利は長く続かず、欺く者は終局に破滅へ至る。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Victory obtained through māyā (deceit) is unstable and morally self-defeating; adharma rebounds upon the doer, leading ultimately to downfall—even to the loss of life.
The narrator recalls the gambler who used deception to win Yudhiṣṭhira’s vast kingdom in the assembly; later, that same person is himself overcome and loses his life, highlighting retributive consequence in the epic’s moral frame.