Shloka 7
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 3 — Sātyaki on Inner Disposition, Legitimacy, and Coercive Readiness
यदि कुन्तीसुतं गेहे क्रीडन्तं भ्रातृभि: सह । अभिगम्य जयेयुस्ते तत् तेषां धर्मतो भवेत् । समाहूय तु राजानन क्षत्रधर्मरतं सदा
yadi kuntīsutaṃ gehe krīḍantaṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ saha | abhigamya jayeyus te tat teṣāṃ dharmato bhavet | samāhūya tu rājānaṃ kṣatradharmarataṃ sadā |
Вайшампаяна сказал: «Если бы сын Кунти играл в кости у себя дома вместе с братьями, и те люди пришли бы туда и победили его, тогда их победу можно было бы назвать праведной. Но они призвали царя Юдхиштхиру, всегда преданного кшатрийскому долгу, и одолели его обманом и хитростью».
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A victory is ethically valid only when gained through fair and appropriate means; defeating someone through summons, manipulation, and deceit cannot be justified as ‘dharma’, even if it produces a technical win.
The speaker contrasts a hypothetical fair contest—approaching Yudhiṣṭhira at home during play and winning—against what actually occurred: Yudhiṣṭhira was summoned and then defeated through trickery, highlighting the moral stain behind the Kauravas’ earlier success.