Shloka 5
Sabhā-parva Adhyāya 63 — Draupadī’s Contested Status, Vidura’s Warning, and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Boons
दुर्योधनो ग्लहते पाण्डवेन प्रियायसे त्वं जयतीति तच्च । अतिनर्मा जायते सम्प्रहारो यतो विनाश: समुपैति पुंसाम्,दुर्योधन पाण्डुनन्दन युधिष्ठिरके साथ दाँव लगाकर जूआ खेल रहा है, साथ ही वह जीत भी रहा है; यह सोचकर तुम बहुत प्रसन्न हो रहे हो; किंतु आजका यह अतिशय विनोद शीघ्र ही भयंकर युद्धके रूपमें परिणत होनेवाला है, जिससे (अगणित) मनुष्योंका संहार होगा
duryodhano glahate pāṇḍavena priyāyase tvaṃ jayātīti tat ca | atinarmā jāyate samprahāro yato vināśaḥ samupaiti puṃsām ||
विदुर उवाच—दुर्योधनः पाण्डवेन सह द्यूतं क्रीडति, त्वं च ‘जयति’ इति मन्यमानः प्रमोदसे। एष तु अतिनर्मा क्रीडाविनोदः क्षिप्रमेव घोरं सम्प्रहारं भविता, यतः पुंसां विनाशः संक्षयश्च समुपैति।
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vidura teaches that delighting in unjust gain and treating wrongdoing as mere entertainment is dangerous: what seems like harmless sport (dice) can quickly become the seed of catastrophic violence and mass destruction.
During the dice-game episode in the royal assembly, Duryodhana is wagering against the Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira). Vidura cautions the onlookers—especially the Kaurava side—that their joy at Duryodhana’s ‘victory’ will soon turn into a terrible war causing widespread loss of life.