Shloka 5
सिकता वपन् सव्यसाची राजानमनुगच्छति । माद्रीपुत्र: सहदेवो मुखमालिप्य गच्छति,सव्यसाची अर्जुन बालू बिखेरते हुए राजा युधिष्ठिरके पीछे-पीछे जा रहे हैं। माद्रीकुमार सहदेव अपने मुँहपर मिट्टी पोतकर जाते हैं
sikatā vapan savyasācī rājānam anugacchati | mādrīputraḥ sahadevo mukham ālipya gacchati ||
وِدُر نے کہا— سبیَساچی ارجن ریت بکھیرتا ہوا راجا یُدھشٹھِر کے پیچھے پیچھے جا رہا ہے۔ اور مادری کا بیٹا سہ دیو اپنے چہرے پر مٹی ملے ہوئے چل رہا ہے۔
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how unrighteous public actions (especially in a royal court) bring visible dishonor and ominous signs even upon the virtuous; it frames humiliation as a moral consequence and a warning about the collapse of dharma in governance.
As Yudhiṣṭhira is led along in the aftermath of the dice-hall catastrophe, Arjuna follows scattering sand, and Sahadeva follows with his face smeared with dust—symbolic gestures of abasement and foreboding described by Vidura.