Shloka 7
सभा-पर्व (अध्याय ६०) — द्रौपदी-प्रश्नः सभायाम् / Draupadī’s Question in the Assembly
एतदू राजन् मम धन प्रतिपाणो5स्ति कस्तव । येन मां त्वं महाराज धनेन प्रतिदीव्यसे
etad u rājān mama dhana pratipāṇo 'sti kas tava | yena māṁ tvaṁ mahārāja dhanena pratidīvyase ||
युधिष्ठिर म्हणाले—राजन्! हेच माझे धन दावावर आहे. तुमच्या धनाच्या प्रतिदावासाठी काय आहे, ज्याने तुम्ही, महाराज, माझ्याशी धनाने प्रतिद्यूत कराल?
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical tension in wagering: a fair contest requires a legitimate counter-stake, yet the very framing of relationships and honor as “stakes” foreshadows how gambling can erode dharma by turning persons and duties into objects of exchange.
In the dice-hall episode, Yudhiṣṭhira speaks to the king he is playing against, stating what he is putting up as his stake and asking what the opponent will put forward as a matching counter-stake to gamble against him.