Shloka 7
अक्षद्यूतप्रवेशः — Kali’s Entry and the Initiation of the Dice-Contest
विप्रियं ह्याचरन् मर्त्यों देवानां मृत्युमृच्छति । त्राहि मामनवद्याड्ि वरयस्व सुरोत्तमान्
vipriyaṃ hy ācaran martyo devānāṃ mṛtyum ṛcchati | trāhi mām anavadyāḍi varayasva surottamān |
देवांना अप्रिय असे आचरण करणारा मर्त्य मृत्यूस प्राप्त होतो. हे निर्दोषांगी! मला वाचव; देवश्रेष्ठांचा वरण कर।
बृहदश्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse warns that actions hostile or displeasing to the divine order invite fatal consequences; it frames ethical conduct as alignment with what is acceptable to the gods and portrays wrongdoing as leading to divine punishment.
Bṛhadaśva speaks in a moment of urgency, confessing the danger incurred by offending the gods and pleading for protection from a blameless woman, urging her to make a choice—described as selecting the best among the gods—as part of the unfolding boon-or-salvation situation.