Shloka 8
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Counsel on Restraint and the Pāṇḍavas’ Authorized Return (धृतराष्ट्र-उपदेशः)
युधिछिर उवाच पुरं जनपदो भूमिरब्राह्मणधनै: सह । अब्राह्मणाश्व पुरुषा राजज्छिष्टं धनं मम । एतदू राजन् मम धन तेन दीव्याम्यहं त्वया
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | puraṃ janapado bhūmir abrāhmaṇadhanaiḥ saha | abrāhmaṇāś ca puruṣā rājaśiṣṭaṃ dhanaṃ mama | etad u rājann mama dhanaṃ tena dīvyāmy ahaṃ tvayā |
ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຂ້າແຕ່ພະຣາຊາ, ນອກເຫນືອຈາກເມືອງບ້ານ ແລະ ຊັບສິນທີ່ມອບໃຫ້ພຣາຫມັນເປັນຊີວິກາແລ້ວ, ສິ່ງທີ່ເຫຼືອຄື ເມືອງ, ແຂວງ, ຜືນດິນ ແລະ ປະຊາຊົນທີ່ບໍ່ແມ່ນພຣາຫມັນຢູ່ໃນອຳນາດຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ—ນີ້ແມ່ນຊັບສິນທີ່ເຫຼືອຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ. ໂອ ຊະກຸນີ, ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈະພະນັນດ້ວຍຊັບນີ້ກັບເຈົ້າ».
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical tension between royal responsibility and personal vice: a king’s ‘remaining wealth’—territory and subjects—should be protected, yet Yudhiṣṭhira treats it as stake in gambling, signaling a lapse from dharma and foreshadowing grave consequences.
During the dice match in the royal assembly, Yudhiṣṭhira declares that after excluding what has been granted to Brahmins, his remaining assets—city, realm, land, and non-Brahmin dependents—are still his to wager, and he proposes to stake them in play against his opponent.