Shloka 5

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच पक पाक निकृतिं समुपाश्रित: । शकुनिर्युधिष्ठिरमभाषत,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! यह सुनकर शकुनिने छलका आश्रय ले पुनः इसी निश्चयके साथ युधिष्ठिरसे कहा--'लो, यह धन भी मैंने जीत लिया”

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: pakṣa-pāka-nikṛtiṁ samupāśritaḥ śakunir yudhiṣṭhiram abhāṣata—“lo, idaṁ dhanaṁ api mayā jitam.”

Translation

وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا—اے جنمیجَے! فریب و مکر کی تدبیر کا سہارا لے کر، اسی ارادے کے ساتھ شکنی نے پھر یُدھِشٹھِر سے کہا—“دیکھو، یہ دولت بھی میں نے جیت لی۔”

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid/spoke

पक्वripe/mature

पाकcooking; ripening; consequence

निकृतिम्deceit/cheating

समुपाश्रितःhaving resorted to; having taken refuge in

शकुनिःŚakuni

युधिष्ठिरम्Yudhiṣṭhira

अभाषतspoke to/addressed

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Janamejaya

Śakuni

Yudhiṣṭhira

wealth (dhana)

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 the ethical corruption of outcomes achieved through nikṛti (fraud). It frames Śakuni’s ‘victory’ as morally tainted, warning that gains secured by deception undermine dharma and precipitate wider ruin.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the dice-game sequence, Śakuni—relying on trickery—speaks again to Yudhiṣṭhira, declaring that he has won yet more wealth. The narration emphasizes repeated, deliberate manipulation rather than a fair contest.