Sabha Parva Adhyaya 65 Shloka 1 - Mahabharata | Tamil | Vedapath

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Shloka 1

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Counsel on Restraint and the Pāṇḍavas’ Authorized Return (धृतराष्ट्र-उपदेशः)

Devanagari script

ऑपन- माल बछ। अकाल पजञज्चषष्टितमो< ध्याय: युधिष्ठटिरका धन

Transliteration

śakuniḥ uvāca—bahu vittaṁ parājaiṣīḥ pāṇḍavānāṁ yudhiṣṭhira | ācakṣva vittaṁ kaunteya yadi te ’sty aparājitam ||

Translation

சகுனி கூறினான்—யுதிஷ்டிரா, பாண்டவர்களின் செல்வத்தில் பலவற்றை நீ இழந்துவிட்டாய். குந்தியின் மகனே, இன்னும் பந்தயமிட்டு இழக்காத ஏதேனும் சொத்து உன்னிடம் இருந்தால் அதைச் சொல்.

Word by Word

बहुmuch (a lot of)

वित्तम्wealth, money

पराजैषीःyou have lost (were defeated)

पाण्डवानाम्of the Pāṇḍavas

युधिष्ठिरO Yudhiṣṭhira

आचक्ष्वtell, declare

वित्तम्wealth (stake)

कौन्तेयO son of Kuntī

यदिif

तेof you, your

अस्तिthere is

अपराजितम्unlost, not yet defeated (unwagered/unsurrendered)

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śakuni

Yudhiṣṭhira

Pāṇḍavas

Kuntī

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how unethical pressure and taunting can push a person already weakened by vice (gambling) into further self-harm, showing the erosion of dharma when desire, pride, and manipulation override restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the dice-hall episode, Śakuni provokes Yudhiṣṭhira by pointing out how much wealth has already been lost and demands that he name any remaining unlost stake—setting up the continuation of ruinous wagers.