Shloka 8
Adhyāya 59: Vidura’s Admonition to Duryodhana after the Summons of Draupadī (सभा पर्व)
अक्षग्लह: सो5भिभवेत् परं न- स्तेनैव दोषो भवतीह पार्थ । दीव्यामहे पार्थिव मा विशड्कां कुरुष्य पाणं च चिरं च मा कृथा:
akṣagrahaḥ so 'bhibhavet paraṁ naḥ tenaiva doṣo bhavatīha pārtha | dīvyāmahe pārthiva mā viśaṅkāṁ kuruṣva pāṇaṁ ca ciraṁ ca mā kṛthāḥ ||
尤提希提罗说道：“那掷骰高手必将压倒我们；然而，婆尔他啊，此事之过只归于他一人。来吧，国王啊，我们就下场一赌——莫怀疑惧。立下赌注，勿再迟延。”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a moral rationalization: Yudhiṣṭhira anticipates defeat by a skilled gambler yet claims the blame will lie with the deceiver. It raises an ethical tension between foreseeing harm and still consenting to an action, shifting culpability to the opponent rather than exercising restraint.
In the lead-up to the dice game in the royal assembly, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Pārtha (Arjuna) and urges proceeding with the play. He predicts that the expert dice-player will overpower them, but he instructs the king to place the wager without suspicion and without delay.