Shloka 2836

अध्याय ९ — कर्णस्य प्रहारः, योधयुग्मनियोजनम्, शैनेय-कैकेययोर्युद्धविन्यासः

Devanagari script

द्यूतत: कृच्छुमापन्नो लूनपक्ष इव द्विज: । संजय! मेरे मन्त्री और पुत्र मारे गये। मैं तो पंख कटे हुए पक्षीके समान जूएके कारण भारी संकटमें पड़ गया हूँ

Transliteration

dyūtataḥ kṛcchram āpanno lūnapakṣa iva dvijaḥ | sañjaya! me mantriṇaḥ putrāś ca mārītāḥ | ahaṃ tu paṅkha-kaṭita-pakṣī-sadṛśo dyūta-kāraṇād bhāri saṅkaṭe patito 'smi ||

Translation

ທຣິຕະຣາສະຕຣະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ເນື່ອງຈາກການພະນັນ ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຕົກຢູ່ໃນຄວາມທຸກຍາກຢ່າງໜັກ ດັ່ງນົກທີ່ຖືກຕັດປີກ. ໂອ ສັນຊະຍະ, ອໍາມາດຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ ແລະ ລູກຊາຍຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ ຖືກສັງຫານແລ້ວ. ເປັນເພາະລູກເຕົ໋ານັ້ນແທ້ ທີ່ນໍາຂ້າພະເຈົ້າມາສູ່ຄວາມພິນາດອັນຫນັກໜ່ວງນີ້ ໃຫ້ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າອ່ອນແຮງ ແລະ ແຕກສະລາຍ»។

Word by Word

• द्यूतात्: from gambling; due to gambling
• द्यूतात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यूत
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• कृच्छुम्: distress; hardship
• कृच्छुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृच्छ्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आपन्नः: having fallen into; having reached
• आपन्नः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आपन्न (√आपद्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लूनपक्षः: with cut wings
• लूनपक्षः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लूनपक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like; as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• द्विजः: a bird (lit. twice-born)
• द्विजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संजय: O Sañjaya
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Sañjaya
• ministers (mantriṇaḥ)
• sons (putrāḥ)
• dice/gambling (dyūta)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames gambling (dyūta) as a moral and political failing whose consequences cascade into irreversible loss. Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s simile of a wing-clipped bird highlights how indulgence and negligence can strip a ruler of agency, leading to ruin for family and state.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra, hearing the war’s devastation through Sañjaya, laments that his ministers and sons have been killed. He traces the catastrophe back to the dice-game, confessing his helplessness and despair as the Kuru house collapses.