Shloka 11
Ulūka’s Provocative Envoy-Speech in the Pāṇḍava Camp
Ulūka-dūta-vākya
निकारा मनुजश्रेष्ठ पाण्डवैस्त्वत्प्रतीक्षया | अनुभूता: सहामात्यैर्निकृतैरधिदेवने,नरश्रेष्ठ) जूएके समय जो बारंबार छल-कपट और अपमानके शिकार हुए थे, अपने मन्त्रियोंसहित उन पाण्डवोंने केवल आपका ही मुँह देखकर सब तरहके तिरस्कार सहन किये हैं
nikārā manujaśreṣṭha pāṇḍavaistvatpratīkṣayā | anubhūtāḥ sahāmātyairnikṛtairadhidevane ||
Sinabi ni Sañjaya: “O pinakamainam sa mga tao, ang mga Pāṇḍava—na sa iyo lamang umaasa—ay kasama ng kanilang mga ministro na nagtiis ng paulit-ulit na panlilinlang at paghamak sa laro ng sugal. Dinala nila ang bawat insulto, pinigil ang sarili, sa pag-asang mamamagitan ka nang may katarungan.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical contrast between patient endurance grounded in hope for lawful redress and the corrosive injustice of deceit and public humiliation. It implicitly calls the ruler/elder to uphold dharma by responding to wrongdoing rather than allowing it to fester into inevitable conflict.
Sañjaya reminds the addressed king/elder that the Pandavas, along with their advisers, suffered repeated insults and fraudulent treatment during the dice-game episode. They tolerated these indignities largely in expectation that the authority figure would intervene justly.