Shloka 11

अग्राह्य-ज्ञातिसंबन्धमण्डल-विवेचनम् / Managing Unreadable Kinship Networks: Vāsudeva–Nārada on Cohesion

Devanagari script

सो<5हं कितवमातेव द्वयोरपि महामते । एकस्य जयमाशंसे द्वितीयस्यापराजयम्‌,महामते! जैसे दो जुआरियोंकी एक ही माता एककी जीत चाहती है तो दूसरेकी भी पराजय नहीं चाहती, उसी प्रकार मैं भी इन दोनों सुहृदोंमेंसे एककी विजयकामना करता हूँ तो दूसरेकी भी पराजय नहीं चाहता

Transliteration

so 'haṃ kitavamāteva dvayor api mahāmate | ekasya jayam āśaṃse dvitīyasya aparājayam, mahāmate ||

Translation

Vāyu nói: “Hỡi bậc hiền trí, ta như người mẹ của hai kẻ cờ bạc: ta mong một người thắng, nhưng không hề mong người kia bại. Cũng vậy, đối với hai người thiện hữu này, ta muốn một bên thành công mà không muốn bên kia suy vong.”

Word by Word

सःhe/that (I, in context)

अहम्I

कितव-माताa gambler's mother

इवlike/as

द्वयोःof two

अपिalso/even

महामतेO great-minded one

एकस्यof one

जयम्victory

आशंसेI desire/hope for

द्वितीयस्यof the second

अपराजयम्non-defeat (i.e., not wishing defeat)

महामतेO great-minded one

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

two gamblers (as a simile)

two well-wishers/friends (implied by the prose gloss)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

One may support a just outcome or a loved one’s success without cultivating hatred or a desire for the other side’s ruin; ethical intention avoids malice even amid rivalry.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu explains his stance through a homely simile: like a mother torn between two gambling sons, he can wish one party’s victory while still not wishing the other party’s defeat, expressing compassionate neutrality toward both.