Shloka 21
Adhyāya 59: Vidura’s Admonition to Duryodhana after the Summons of Draupadī (सभा पर्व)
युधिछिर उवाच अन्येनान्यस्यथ वै द्यूतं विषमं प्रतिभाति मे । एतद् विद्वन्नुपादत्स्व काममेवं प्रवर्तताम्,युधिष्ठिरने कहा--दूसरेके लिये दूसरेका जूआ खेलना मुझे तो अनुचित ही प्रतीत होता है। विद्वन्! इस बातको समझ लो, फिर इच्छानुसार जूएका खेल प्रारम्भ हो
Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: anyenānyasya hi vai dyūtaṁ viṣamaṁ pratibhāti me | etad vidvann upādatsva kāmam evaṁ pravartatām ||
Юдхиштхира сказал: «Мне кажется, эта игра в кости — когда один играет за другого — несправедлива и неприлична. Уразумей это ясно, о мудрец; а затем, если ты всё ещё желаешь, пусть игра пойдёт именно так».
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Yudhiṣṭhira highlights a principle of fairness: a contest should be between the actual parties involved, not conducted through substitutes. He signals that rules and agency matter ethically, even before the disastrous consequences of gambling unfold.
In the sabhā setting, as the dice match is being arranged, Yudhiṣṭhira objects that gambling ‘by one for another’ is improper and unequal. Yet, after stating his concern, he allows the game to proceed if the other side insists—foreshadowing the coercive, manipulative atmosphere of the dice episode.