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 ||
ພວກເຂົາໄດ້ພັກຄ່ຳຄືນຢ່າງສະບາຍ. ເມື່ອຮຸ່ງອອກ ທຸກຄົນກໍໄດ້ປະຕິບັດພິທີກຳປະຈຳເຊົ້າໃຫ້ສຳເລັດ. ແລ້ວຈຶ່ງເຂົ້າໄປໃນສະພາຫ້ອງປະຊຸມອັນງາມສະຫງ່າ ໂດຍຖືກພວກນັກພະນັນຕ້ອນຮັບແລະສັນລະເສີນ—ເປັນນິມິດອັນອັບອາຍວ່າ ຄວາມຖືກຕ້ອງຕາມພິທີກຳພາຍນອກ ອາດຢູ່ຄຽງກັບອັນຕະລາຍທາງສິນທຳ ເມື່ອກ້າວເຂົ້າສູ່ສະຖານທີ່ທີ່ຖືກສ້າງເພື່ອການຫລອກລວງ.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
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.