Shloka 11

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Counsel on Restraint and the Pāṇḍavas’ Authorized Return (धृतराष्ट्र-उपदेशः)

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं-जनमेजय! यह सुनकर छल-कपटका आश्रय लेनेवाले शकुनिने युधिष्ठिरसे निश्चयपूर्वक कहा--“लो, यह भी मैंने जीता”

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca—janamejaya! etac chrutvā chala-kapaṭam āśritya śakunir yudhiṣṭhiraṃ niścayapūrvakaṃ provāca—“lo, idam api mayā jitam.”

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ຈະນະເມຊະຍະ, ເມື່ອໄດ້ຍິນດັ່ງນັ້ນ ຊະກຸນີ ຜູ້ອາໄສການຫລອກລວງແລະກົນລະຍຸດ ກໍເວົ້າກັບ ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ ດ້ວຍຄວາມໝັ້ນໃຈຢ່າງແນ່ນອນວ່າ ‘ເບິ່ງເຖີດ—ນີ້ກໍເປັນຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຊະນະອີກ’».

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaishampayana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• जनमेजय: O Janamejaya
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनमेजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive), Parasmaipada (usage)

• छल-कपट-आश्रयः: one who resorts to deceit and fraud
• छल-कपट-आश्रयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छल-कपट-आश्रय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शकुनिः: Shakuni
• शकुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरम्: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• निश्चय-पूर्वम्: with firm resolve; decisively
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निश्चय-पूर्व
• Form: true

• अब्रवीत्: said; spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गृहाण: take (it)!
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अपि: also; even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि
• Form: true

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• जितम्: won; conquered
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya
• Śakuni
• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.