Shloka 11

Devanagari script

कृच्छुप्राप्तेन च तथा हारयेद्‌ राज्यमागतम्‌ | पणित्वा चैकपाणेन रोचयेदेवमाहवम्‌,“भला कौन ऐसा होगा, जो सब शत्रुओंको जीत लेनेके बाद जब एक ही बाकी रह जाय और वह भी संकटमें पड़ा हो तो उसके साथ अपने हाथमें आये हुए राज्यको दाँवपर लगाकर हार जाय और इस प्रकार एकके साथ युद्ध करनेकी शर्त रखकर लड़ना पसंद करे?

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | kṛcchuprāptena ca tathā hārayed rājyam āgatam | paṇitvā caikapāṇena rocayed evam āhavam |

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໃຜໜໍຈະໂງ່ຈົນກ້າ ນຳອານາຈັກທີ່ຊະນະມາແລ້ວໄປວາງພະນັນ ແລະຍອມແພ້ເສຍ ເພາະສັດຕູທີ່ເຫຼືອຢູ່ພຽງຄົນດຽວຕົກຢູ່ໃນຄວາມລຳບາກ? ໃຜຈະເລືອກທຳການພະນັນແບບນັ້ນ ຜູກມັດຕົນໃຫ້ສູ້ຕາມເງື່ອນໄຂນັ້ນ ກັບຄູ່ຕໍ່ສູ້ພຽງຄົນດຽວ ຫຼັງຈາກຊະນະທຸກຄົນແລ້ວ?»

Word by Word

कृच्छु-प्राप्तेनwith (something) obtained with difficulty

चand

तथाthus, in that manner

हारयेत्should cause (someone) to lose / should lose (in gambling/contest)

राज्यम्kingdom, sovereignty

आगतम्come, obtained, that has come (to one)

पणित्वाhaving staked, having wagered

चand

एक-पाणेनwith one hand

रोचयेत्should approve/choose, should prefer

एवम्thus, in this way

आहवम्battle, combat

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

rājya (kingdom)

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?

The verse underscores prudence and responsibility in kingship: after securing victory, it is ethically and strategically unsound to gamble away an obtained kingdom merely to satisfy a risky, pride-driven condition of single combat.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya comments rhetorically on the irrationality of staking a newly won realm in a wager-like agreement to fight a lone remaining foe—especially when that foe is already in difficulty—highlighting the folly of turning near-certain victory into needless risk.