Shloka 11

युधिष्ठिरस्य द्यूते द्रव्यवर्णनम्

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Enumeration of Stakes in the Dice Match

Devanagari script

अन्तर्वेद्यां ददद्‌ वित्तं कामाननुभवन्‌ प्रियान्‌ क्रीडन्‌ स्त्रीभिर्निरातडुक: प्रशाम्य भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

Dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca: antarvedyāṁ dadad vittaṁ kāmān anubhavan priyān krīḍan strībhir nirātaṅkaḥ praśāmya bharatarṣabha.

Translation

ଧୃତରାଷ୍ଟ୍ର କହିଲେ—ହେ ଭରତଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ! ଯଜ୍ଞବେଦୀର ଅନ୍ତର୍ଭାଗରେ ଧନ ଦାନ କର, ମନକୁ ପ୍ରିୟ ଭୋଗଗୁଡ଼ିକୁ ଉପଭୋଗ କର, ଏବଂ ଭୟ-ଚିନ୍ତାରହିତ ହୋଇ ସ୍ତ୍ରୀମାନଙ୍କ ସହ କ୍ରୀଡ଼ା କରି ଶାନ୍ତ ରୁହ।

Word by Word

• अन्तर्वेद्याम्: in the inner sacrificial enclosure (antarvedi)
• अन्तर्वेद्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर्वेदि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• ददत्: giving
• ददत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वित्तम्: wealth
• वित्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वित्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कामान्: desires/pleasures
• कामान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अनुभवन्: enjoying/experiencing
• अनुभवन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु√भू
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रियान्: dear/pleasing
• प्रियान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• क्रीडन्: sporting/playing
• क्रीडन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रीड्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्त्रीभिः: with women
• स्त्रीभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• निरातङ्कः: fearless/without anxiety
• निरातङ्कः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरातङ्क
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रशाम्य: having become calm; calming down
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√शम्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भरतश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

घतरयाट्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Bharata (dynastic reference)
• antarvedī/vedī (sacrificial enclosure)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents a model of worldly pacification: peace is sought through ritual giving (dāna in the sacrificial space) and the sanctioned enjoyment of pleasures (kāma), coupled with a call to be ‘nirātaṅka’—free from anxiety. Ethically, it reflects a tension in the epic between outward prosperity/ritual merit and deeper justice-oriented dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra addresses a Bharata hero (honorific ‘bharatarṣabha’), advising him to settle down calmly by donating wealth in a sacrificial context and enjoying agreeable pleasures without fear—an attempt to soothe, normalize, or redirect conduct through ritual and comfort.