Shloka 2

Devanagari script

न मे प्रियं महाबाहो यद्‌ गता: पाण्डवा वनम्‌ | निकृत्या निकृताश्चैव दुर्योधनपुरोगमै:,महाबाहो! पाण्डवलोग जो वनमें भेजे गये हैं, यह मुझे अच्छा नहीं लगा है। दुर्योधन आदिने उन्हें छलपूर्वक जूएमें हराया है

Transliteration

na me priyaṃ mahābāho yad gatāḥ pāṇḍavā vanam | nikṛtyā nikṛtāś caiva duryodhana-purogamaiḥ ||

Translation

മഹാബാഹോ! പാണ്ഡവർ വനത്തിലേക്കു പോയത് എനിക്ക് പ്രിയമല്ല. ദുര്യോധനന്റെ നേതൃത്വത്തിൽ അവർ കപടത്താൽ വഞ്ചിക്കപ്പെട്ടു ചൂതിൽ തോൽപ്പിക്കപ്പെട്ടു.

Word by Word

नnot

मेof me / to me

प्रियम्pleasing (thing)

महाबाहोO mighty-armed one

यत्that (the fact that)

गताःgone

पाण्डवाःthe Pandavas

वनम्to the forest

निकृत्याby deceit

निकृताःdeceived / cheated

चand

एवindeed

दुर्योधनपुरोगमैःby those led by Duryodhana

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Pāṇḍavas

Duryodhana

Vana (forest)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse condemns outcomes produced by fraud: even if an action appears legally or procedurally concluded, deceit (nikṛti) makes it ethically invalid. It underscores that adharma-based victory brings moral blame and sets the stage for future consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa laments that the Pāṇḍavas have been driven to forest exile after being cheated—an allusion to the rigged gambling episode—by Duryodhana and his faction. The statement signals disapproval from a revered sage and frames the exile as an injustice rather than a rightful punishment.