Shloka 11
अग्राह्य-ज्ञातिसंबन्धमण्डल-विवेचनम् / Managing Unreadable Kinship Networks: Vāsudeva–Nārada on Cohesion
सो<5हं कितवमातेव द्वयोरपि महामते । एकस्य जयमाशंसे द्वितीयस्यापराजयम्,महामते! जैसे दो जुआरियोंकी एक ही माता एककी जीत चाहती है तो दूसरेकी भी पराजय नहीं चाहती, उसी प्रकार मैं भी इन दोनों सुहृदोंमेंसे एककी विजयकामना करता हूँ तो दूसरेकी भी पराजय नहीं चाहता
so 'haṃ kitavamāteva dvayor api mahāmate | ekasya jayam āśaṃse dvitīyasya aparājayam, mahāmate ||
सोऽहं कितवमातेव द्वयोरपि महामते । एकस्य जयमाशंसे द्वितीयस्यापराजयम् ॥
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
One may support a just outcome or a loved one’s success without cultivating hatred or a desire for the other side’s ruin; ethical intention avoids malice even amid rivalry.
Vāyu explains his stance through a homely simile: like a mother torn between two gambling sons, he can wish one party’s victory while still not wishing the other party’s defeat, expressing compassionate neutrality toward both.