Shloka 22
Sabhā Parva, Adhyāya 68 — Pāṇḍavānāṃ Vanavāsa-prasthānaḥ; Duḥśāsana-nindā; Pāṇḍava-pratijñāḥ
तदयं पाण्डुपुत्रेण व्यसने वर्तता भृशम् । समाहूतेन कितवैरास्थितो द्रौपदीपण:,'ये पाण्डुनन्दन युधिष्ठिर द्यूतरूपी दुर्व्यसनमें अत्यन्त आसक्त हैं। इन्होंने धूर्त जुआरियोंसे प्रेरित होकर द्रौपदीको दाँवपर लगा दिया है
tad ayaṃ pāṇḍuputreṇa vyasane vartatā bhṛśam | samāhūtena kitavair āsthito draupadīpaṇaḥ ||
โอรสแห่งปาณฑุผู้นี้จมลึกในอบายมุขคือการเล่นสกา ถูกพวกนักพนันเจ้าเล่ห์ที่ถูกเรียกมาชักนำ จนถึงกับนำพระนางเทราปทีไปตั้งเป็นเดิมพัน
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral collapse that follows from vyasana (destructive vice) and bad company: when judgment is clouded by addiction and manipulation, even a dharmic ruler can commit grave adharma—here, reducing a person (Draupadī) to a stake in a game.
In the dice-hall episode, Yudhiṣṭhira, overwhelmed by the vice of gambling and influenced by the assembled gamblers, proceeds to wager Draupadī. The narration frames this as an extreme and tragic consequence of his entanglement in dyūta.