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Shloka 38

अक्षविजय-प्रसङ्गः

Escalation of Wagers and Shakuni’s Repeated Declarations of Victory

सुखोषितास्ते रजनीं प्रात: सर्वे कृताह्िका: । सभां रम्यां प्रविविशु: कितवैरभिनन्दिता:

sukhoṣitās te rajanīṁ prātaḥ sarve kṛtāhnikāḥ | sabhāṁ ramyāṁ praviviśuḥ kitavair abhinanditāḥ ||

ពួកគេបានស្នាក់នៅយប់នោះដោយសុខស្រួល។ ពេលព្រឹកព្រលឹម ពួកគេទាំងអស់បានបំពេញកិច្ចពិធីព្រឹកតាមទំនៀម។ បន្ទាប់មក ពួកគេចូលទៅក្នុងសាលាសភាដ៏រុងរឿង ហើយត្រូវបានពួកអ្នកលេងស៊ីសងស្វាគមន៍ និងអបអរសាទរ—ជាសញ្ញាអាក្រក់ថា ការរក្សាពិធីការខាងក្រៅអាចនៅរួមជាមួយគ្រោះថ្នាក់ខាងសីលធម៌ នៅពេលជើងឈានចូលកន្លែងដែលបង្កើតឡើងសម្រាប់ការបោកបញ្ឆោត។

सुखोषिताःhaving spent (the night) pleasantly
सुखोषिताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसुखोषित (सुख + उषित, उष्/वस् धातु-जन्य कृदन्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तेthey
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
रजनीम्the night
रजनीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरजनी
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
प्रातःin the morning
प्रातः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रातः
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
कृताह्निकाःhaving performed the morning rites
कृताह्निकाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकृताह्निक (कृत + आह्निक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सभाम्the assembly hall
सभाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसभा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
रम्याम्beautiful
रम्याम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootरम्य
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
प्रविविशुःentered
प्रविविशुः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + विश्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural
कितवैःby the gamblers
कितवैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकितव
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
अभिनन्दिताःwelcomed / greeted
अभिनन्दिताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअभि + नन्द् (क्त कृदन्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

वैशम्पायन उवाच

S
sabhā (assembly hall)
K
kitava (gamblers/dice-players)

Educational Q&A

External correctness—comfort, orderly routine, and completed rites—does not guarantee ethical safety; one must also discern the moral nature of the setting and company, especially when invited into spaces structured around vice such as gambling.

After a comfortable night, the group completes morning observances and proceeds into the splendid royal assembly hall, where they are greeted by gamblers—foreshadowing the impending dice-play and its disastrous consequences.