Shloka 57
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 50 — Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Appraisal of Bhīmasena (भीमसेनभयवर्णनम्)
द्यूतप्रमुखमा भाति कुरूणां व्यसनं महत् । मन्देनैश्वर्यकामेन लोभात् पापमिदं कृतम्,द्यूतक्रीड़ा आदिकी घटनाएँ ही कौरवोंपर भारी विपत्ति लानेका कारण प्रतीत होती हैं। ऐश्वर्यकी इच्छा रखनेवाले मूर्ख दुर्योधनने लोभवश यह पाप किया है
dyūtapramukham ābhāti kurūṇāṁ vyasanaṁ mahat | mandena aiśvaryakāmena lobhāt pāpam idaṁ kṛtam ||
कौरवांचे हे महान् व्यसन द्यूतापासूनच सुरू झाले असे वाटते. ऐश्वर्य-राज्याची इच्छा बाळगणाऱ्या मूर्ख दुर्योधनाने लोभापोटी हे पाप केले.
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
Greed and the craving for power lead to adharma: a single unethical choice (here, the dice-gambling episode) can become the seed of vast collective ruin, so responsibility for consequences lies with the agent who chooses wrongly.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra reflects on the origins of the Kuru catastrophe, identifying the dice-game as the pivotal starting point and attributing the wrongdoing to Duryodhana’s greed and ambition for sovereignty.