Shloka 11
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Counsel on Restraint and the Pāṇḍavas’ Authorized Return (धृतराष्ट्र-उपदेशः)
वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं-जनमेजय! यह सुनकर छल-कपटका आश्रय लेनेवाले शकुनिने युधिष्ठिरसे निश्चयपूर्वक कहा--“लो, यह भी मैंने जीता”
vaiśampāyana uvāca—janamejaya! etac chrutvā chala-kapaṭam āśritya śakunir yudhiṣṭhiraṃ niścayapūrvakaṃ provāca—“lo, idam api mayā jitam.”
វៃសម្បាយនៈបានពោលថា៖ «ឱ ជនមេជ័យ! ឮដូច្នោះហើយ សកុនីដែលយកការល្បិចកលជាទីពឹង បាននិយាយទៅកាន់យុធិષ્ઠិរ ដោយជឿជាក់យ៉ាងម៉ឺងម៉ាត់ថា ‘មើលទៅ—នេះផង ខ្ញុំក៏ឈ្នះហើយ’»។
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how adharma operates through calculated deceit: Śakuni’s confidence in ‘winning’ underscores the ethical danger of gambling and the corrosive power of trickery when a righteous person is drawn into an unrighteous game.
In the dice-match setting, after a preceding stake is lost, Śakuni—resorting to fraud—declares to Yudhiṣṭhira that he has won yet another stake, intensifying Yudhiṣṭhira’s downfall within the rigged contest.