Shloka 14
अक्षदेवन-प्रवर्तनम् | Commencement of the Dice Game
सत्यपराक्रमी सात्यकिने युधिष्ठिरके लिये छत्र धारण किया तथा अर्जुन और भीमसेनने व्यजन डुलाये ।। चामरे चापि शुद्धे द्वे यमौ जगृहतुस्तथा । उपागृह्नाद् यमिन्द्राय पुराकल्पे प्रजापति:
cāmare cāpi śuddhe dve yamau jagṛhatuḥ tathā | upāgṛhṇād yam indrāya purākalpe prajāpatiḥ ||
杜尤陀那说道：“那两柄洁净的牦牛尾拂（cāmara）也由双生兄弟执起。相传在远古之世，生主波罗阇波提曾亲自为因陀罗执此拂扇。” 这段叙述刻意把对由提湿提罗的王家侍奉描绘为至高无上的荣誉——以神圣先例作比——从而凸显场景中的伦理张力：外在的恭敬与朝廷的华丽，掩盖着内心的争竞与迫近的冲突。
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how symbols of royal service (like the cāmara) communicate legitimacy and supreme honor; ethically, it warns that external reverence and ritual propriety can coexist with concealed envy and political hostility.
Duryodhana describes the ceremonial attendance at Yudhiṣṭhira’s court: the twin brothers hold the two pure cāmaras, and the scene is elevated by a mythic comparison—Prajāpati once performed the same service for Indra—intensifying the grandeur that provokes Duryodhana’s inner agitation.