Shloka 56
Kṛṣṇa at Duryodhana’s House: Refusal of Hospitality and Departure to Vidura (कृष्णस्य धार्तराष्ट्रनिवेशनगमनम्)
पूर्वराचरितं यत् तत् कुराजभिररिंदम । अक्षद्यूतं मृगवध: कच्चिदेषां सुखावहम्
pūrvarācaritaṃ yat tat kurājabhir arindama | akṣadyūtaṃ mṛgavadhaḥ kaccid eṣāṃ sukhāvaham | śatrudamana śrīkṛṣṇa |
«ໂອ ຜູ້ປາບສັດຕູ, ໂອ ພຣະສີກຣິດ! ຂະບວນປະເພນີທີ່ກະສັດຊົ່ວໃນການກ່ອນວາງໄວ້—ການຫຼິ້ນພະນັນດ້ວຍລູກເຕົ໋າ ແລະ ການລ່າສັດຂ້າສັດ—ມັນເຄີຍນຳຄວາມສຸກມາໃຫ້ພວກເຂົາແທ້ບໍ? (ບໍ່ເຄີຍເລີຍ)»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Practices normalized by corrupt rulers—especially gambling and violent sport—do not yield true welfare; they breed harm and disorder, so dharma requires rejecting such ‘traditional’ vices even if they are long-established.
Vaiśampāyana addresses Śrī Kṛṣṇa, invoking him as a subduer of enemies, and rhetorically questions whether the old royal habits of dice-play and hunting have ever benefited anyone—implying that these customs have historically led to suffering rather than happiness.