Shloka 51

पुनर्द्यूत-समाह्वानम्

Renewed Summons to the Dice-Game and Exile Wager

Devanagari script

अशुद्धभावैरनिकृतिप्रवृत्तै- रबुध्यमान: कुरुपाण्डवाग्रय: । सम्भूय सर्वैश्व॒ जितो5पि यस्मात्‌ पश्चादयं कैतवमभ्युपेत:,जिनके हृदयकी भावना शुद्ध नहीं है, जो सदा छल और कपटमें लगे रहते हैं, उन समस्त दुरात्माओंने मिलकर इन भोले-भाले कुरु-पाण्डव-शिरोमणि महाराज युधिष्ठिरको पहले जूएमें जीत लिया है, तत्पश्चात्‌ ये मुझे दाँवपर लगानेके लिये विवश किये गये हैं

Transliteration

aśuddhabhāvair anikṛtipravṛttair abudhyamānaḥ kurupāṇḍavāgryaḥ | sambhūya sarvaiś ca jito 'pi yasmāt paścād ayaṃ kaitavam abhyupetaḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“正因那些心怀不净、恒常沉溺于欺诈与伪诈之人合谋一处，先在掷骰之局中击败了质朴无诈、为俱卢与般度诸族之首的尤提士提罗王，随后这更进一步的骗局才又被拿出来施行。”

Word by Word

अशुद्धभावैःby impure-minded (persons)

अनिकृतिप्रवृत्तैःby those engaged in deceit/cheating

अबुध्यमानःnot understanding; unsuspecting

कुरुपाण्डवाग्र्यःthe foremost among the Kurus and Pandavas (Yudhiṣṭhira)

सम्भूयhaving assembled; together

सर्वैःby all (of them)

चand

जितःdefeated; won over

अपिeven; although

यस्मात्from whom; because of which

पश्चात्afterwards

अयम्this (one)

कैतवम्deceit; cheating (game)

अभ्युपेतःhas resorted to; has undertaken

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Yudhiṣṭhira

Kuru

Pāṇḍava

dyūta (dice game, implied)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes