Shloka 14
अक्षविजय-प्रसङ्गः
Escalation of Wagers and Shakuni’s Repeated Declarations of Victory
Devanagari script
युधिष्ठिर उवाच महाभया: कितवा: संनिविष्टा मायोपधा देवितारोअत्र सन्ति । धात्रा तु दिष्टस्य वशे किलेदं सर्व जगत् तिष्ठति न स्वतन्त्रम्,युधिष्ठिर बोले--तब तो वहाँ बड़े भयंकर, कपटी और धूर्त जुआरी जुटे हुए हैं। विधाताका रचा हुआ यह सम्पूर्ण जगत् दैवके ही अधीन है; स्वतन्त्र नहीं है
Transliteration
Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca—mahābhayāḥ kitavāḥ sanniviṣṭā māyopadhā devitāro ’tra santi | dhātrā tu diṣṭasya vaśe kiledaṃ sarvaṃ jagat tiṣṭhati na svatantram ||
Translation
ଯୁଧିଷ୍ଠିର କହିଲେ—ତେବେ ସେଠାରେ ମହାଭୟଙ୍କର ଜୁଆରି—ମାୟା ଓ କପଟରେ ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଧୂର୍ତ୍ତ—ଏକତ୍ର ହୋଇଛନ୍ତି। କିନ୍ତୁ ଏହି ସମଗ୍ର ଜଗତ ବିଧାତାଙ୍କ ନିର୍ଦ୍ଧାରିତ ଭାଗ୍ୟର ଅଧୀନରେ ଅଛି; ସ୍ୱାଧୀନ ନୁହେଁ।
Word by Word
{'mahābhayāḥ''very dreadful
{'mahābhayāḥ':
causing great fear', 'kitavāḥ''gamblers
causing great fear', 'kitavāḥ':
dice-players (often with the sense of rogues)', 'sanniviṣṭāḥ''seated/assembled
dice-players (often with the sense of rogues)', 'sanniviṣṭāḥ':
gathered together', 'māyā-upadhāḥ''having deception as a pretext
gathered together', 'māyā-upadhāḥ':
employing tricks and fraud', 'devitāraḥ''players at dice
employing tricks and fraud', 'devitāraḥ':
gamblers', 'atra''here
gamblers', 'atra':
in this place', 'dhātrā''by Dhātṛ (the Creator/Ordainer)', 'diṣṭasya': 'of what is ordained/fated
in this place', 'dhātrā':
of destiny', 'vaśe''under the control
of destiny', 'vaśe':
in the power', 'kila''indeed
in the power', 'kila':
as is said (emphatic particle)', 'idam''this', 'sarvam jagat': 'the whole world', 'tiṣṭhati': 'stands
as is said (emphatic particle)', 'idam':
is sustained', 'na svatantram''not independent
is sustained', 'na svatantram':
Speaker
युधिष्ठिर उवाच
Characters & Entities
Y
YudhiṣṭhiraD
Dhātṛ (the Creator/Ordainer)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context