Shloka 2
Adhyāya 16 — Daiva, Kṣatriya-dharma, and Public Reassurance to Dhṛtarāṣṭra
द्यूतापह्तराज्यानां पतितानां सुखादपि । ज्ञातिभि: परिभूतानां कृतमुद्धर्षणं मया
dyūtāpahṛtarājyānāṃ patitānāṃ sukhād api | jñātibhiḥ paribhūtānāṃ kṛtam uddharṣaṇaṃ mayā ||
ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပါယနက ပြော၏— «အန်စာတုံးကစားမှုကြောင့် နိုင်ငံတော်ကို လုယူခံရသူများကို မြင်၍—အေးချမ်းပျော်ရွှင်မှုမှပင် ကျဆုံးကာ မိမိတို့၏ ဆွေမျိုးများကပင် အရှက်ခွဲနှိမ်ချကြသဖြင့်—ငါသည် သူတို့၏ စိတ်ဓာတ်ကို လှုံ့ဆော်၍ လုပ်ဆောင်ရန် ထကြွစေခဲ့၏»။
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how loss of rightful sovereignty through adharma (here, the dice-game) leads to social humiliation and moral crisis, and how such degradation can become a catalyst for decisive action—raising questions about when rousing someone toward conflict is justified as a response to injustice.
The speaker explains his motive: because the dispossessed were stripped of their kingdom by gambling and were scorned by their own relatives, he deliberately encouraged and energized them—implicitly toward the struggle that followed.