Shloka 6

Dyūta-āhvāna: Śakuni’s Proposal, Vidura’s Warning, and the Summons of Yudhiṣṭhira

Sabhā-parva 51

Devanagari script

त्रिखर्व बलिमादाय द्वारि तिष्ठन्ति वारिता: । ब्रह्मणा वाटधानाश्न गोमन्त: शतसड्घश:,महाराज! ब्राह्मणलोग तथा गाय-बैलोंका पोषण करनेवाले वैश्य और दास-कर्मके योग्य शूद्र आदि सभी महात्मा धर्मराजकी प्रसन्नताके लिये तीन खर्बके लागतकी भेंट लेकर दरवाजेपर रोके हुए खड़े थे। ब्राह्मणलोग तथा हरी-भरी खेती उपजाकर जीवन-निर्वाह करनेवाले और बहुत-से गाय-बैल रखनेवाले वैश्य सैकड़ों दलोंमें इकट्ठे होकर सोनेके बने हुए सुन्दर कलश एवं अन्य भेंट-सामग्री लेकर द्वारपर खड़े थे। परंतु भीतर प्रवेश नहीं कर पाते थे

Transliteration

trikharva balim ādāya dvāri tiṣṭhanti vāritāḥ | brahmaṇā vāṭadhānāś ca gomantaḥ śataśaḍghaśaḥ ||

Translation

ດຸຣະໂຍທະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ເຂົາຖືສ່ວນສະຫວຍມູນຄ່າສາມ kharva ມາຮອດປະຕູ ແຕ່ຖືກຫ້າມ ບໍ່ໃຫ້ເຂົ້າ. ພຣາຫມັນ ແລະຄົນມັ່ງຄັ່ງ—ຜູ້ມີນາສວນອຸດົມ ແລະງົວຫຼາຍ—ຊຸມນຸມເປັນຮ້ອຍກອງ ນຳໄຫຄຳ ແລະຂອງຖວາຍອື່ນໆ ແຕ່ກໍຍັງຢູ່ນອກປະຕູ ບໍ່ອາດໄດ້ຮັບອະນຸຍາດເຂົ້າ.»

Word by Word

त्रिखर्वम्three kharvas (a huge number/amount)

बलिम्tribute, offering

आदायhaving taken

द्वारिat the door

तिष्ठन्तिthey stand

वारिताःprevented, held back

ब्रह्मणाby sacred power / by Brahman (priestly authority)

वाटधानाश्नाःeating vātadhāna (parched grain/peas)

गोमन्तःpossessing cows/cattle-rich

शतसङ्घशःin hundreds of groups

महाराजO great king

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Duryodhana

Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Brahmins

Vaiśyas (implied by gomantaḥ/vāṭadhānāḥ and the Hindi gloss)

Śūdras (in the Hindi gloss)

gate/door (dvāra)

tribute/offerings (bali)

golden jars/pots (implied by the Hindi gloss: suvarṇa-kalaśa)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous rule (dharma) naturally draws voluntary honor, wealth, and social support; the ethical contrast is highlighted by Duryodhana’s jealousy, showing how envy distorts one’s perception of another’s deserved prosperity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Duryodhana describes crowds of respected people—Brahmins and prosperous cattle-owning/agricultural groups—arriving with enormous tribute for Dharmarāja, yet being stopped at the gate and unable to enter, emphasizing the scale of Yudhiṣṭhira’s fame and the pressure of visitors/offerings.