Mahabharata · 7.77.4–5
॥
Devanāgarī
तेन युद्धम् अहं मन्ये प्राप्तकालं तवानघ ॥
अत्र वो द्यूतम् आयातं विजयायेतराय वा ॥
अत्र क्रोधविषं पार्थ विमुञ्च चिरसंभृतम् ॥
एष मूलम् अनर्थानां पाण्डवानां महारथः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tena yuddham ahaṃ manye prāptakālaṃ tavānagha ||
atra vo dyūtam āyātaṃ vijayāyetarāya vā ||
atra krodhaviṣaṃ pārtha vimuñca cirasaṃbhṛtam ||
eṣa mūlam anarthānāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahārathaḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तेन युद्धम् अहम् मन्येtena yuddham aham manyewith him, battle, I consider; with him, battle, I deem
प्राप्तकालम् तव अनघprāptakālam tava anaghatimely [for] you, O sinless one; timely for you, O sinless one
अत्र वः द्यूतम् आयातम्atra vaḥ dyūtam āyātamhere to you [the] game [of dice] has come; here to you the game has come
विजयाय इतराय वाvijayāya itarāya vā[leading] to victory or to something else; to victory or to something else
अत्र क्रोधविषम् पार्थatra krodhaviṣam pārthahere [is] the poison of wrath, Partha; here is the poison of wrath, Partha
विमुञ्च चिरसंभृतम्vimuñca cirasaṃbhṛtamrelease it, long accumulated; release it, long accumulated
एषः मूलम् अनर्थानाम्eṣaḥ mūlam anarthānāmhe -- [the] root of misfortunes; he -- the root of misfortunes
पाण्डवानाम् महारथःpāṇḍavānām mahārathaḥof the Pandavas, [this] great warrior; of the Pandavas, this maharatha
Translation
"With him I consider battle timely for you, O sinless one; here to you has come the game [of dice, leading] to victory or to something else. Here, Partha, release the poison of wrath, long accumulated; he -- this great warrior -- is the root of the Pandavas' misfortunes."
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Krishna calls the new battle a "dyūtam," a game of dice -- but now an honest one, where the stake will be decided by valor, not deceit. "Krodhaviṣaṃ cirasaṃbhṛtam vimuñca" -- "release the long-accumulated poison of wrath" -- upon "mūlam anarthānām," the root of misfortunes. It is telling that the former unrighteous game is now replaced by a righteous duel. The verse teaches that justice outplays deceit on a different field: where evil once triumphed by cunning, there truth wins its due in an honest contest; and long-restrained righteous anger finds its lawful outlet -- against the very root of unrighteousness.