Shloka 28
सभा-पर्व, अध्याय ६१ — द्रौपदी-प्रश्नः, सभाधर्मः, सत्यवचन-नियमः
वैशम्पायन उवाच पी आर ९ निकृतिं समुपाश्रित: । शकुनिर्युधिष्ठटिरमभाषत,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! यह सुनकर शठताके उपासक शकुनिने पुनः युधिष्ठिरसे पूर्ण निश्चयके साथ कहा--“यह दाँव भी मैंने ही जीता है”
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: nikṛtiṁ samupāśritaḥ śakunir yudhiṣṭhiram abhāṣata—“ayaṁ dāvo ’pi mayā eva jitaḥ.”
وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا—فریب کا سہارا لے کر شکُنی نے پختہ یقین کے ساتھ یُدھِشٹھِر سے کہا—“یہ داؤ بھی میں ہی اکیلا جیتا ہوں۔”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how adharma operates through deception: Śakuni’s ‘victory’ is explicitly grounded in nikṛti (fraud), contrasting with Yudhiṣṭhira’s dharma-oriented disposition and warning that participation in unethical systems (like rigged gambling) erodes moral agency.
In the dice-hall episode, Śakuni—skilled in manipulation—speaks to Yudhiṣṭhira after a throw, asserting with certainty that he has won this stake as well, signaling the continuing, deliberate entrapment of the Pāṇḍava king through a deceitful game.