युधिष्ठिर उवाच
अयं बहुधनो राजन् सागरावर्तसंभवः ॥
मणिर् हारोत्तरः श्रीमान् कनकोत्तमभूषणः ॥
एतद् राजन् धनं मह्यं प्रतिपाणस् तु कस् तव ॥
भवत्व् एष क्रमस् तात जयाम्य् एनं दुरोदरम् ॥
दुर्योधन उवाच
सन्ति मे मणयश् चैव धनानि विविधानि च ॥
मत्सरश् च न मे ऽर्थेषु जयाम्य् एनं दुरोदरम् ॥
वैशंपायन उवाच
ततो जग्राह शकुनिस् तान् अक्षान् अक्षतत्त्ववित् ॥
जितम् इत्य् एव शकुनिर् युधिष्ठिरम् अभाषत ॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
ayaṃ bahudhano rājan sāgarāvartasaṃbhavaḥ ||
maṇir hārottaraḥ śrīmān kanakottamabhūṣaṇaḥ ||
etad rājan dhanaṃ mahyaṃ pratipāṇas tu kas tava ||
bhavatv eṣa kramas tāta jayāmy enaṃ durodaram ||
duryodhana uvāca
santi me maṇayaś caiva dhanāni vividhāni ca ||
matsaraś ca na me 'rtheṣu jayāmy enaṃ durodaram ||
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
tato jagrāha śakunis tān akṣān akṣatattvavit ||
jitam ity eva śakunir yudhiṣṭhiram abhāṣata ||
[Yudhishthira:] "Here is a precious gem, born of the ocean's whirlpool, set in a necklace, beautiful, adorned with the finest gold; this is my wealth, O king — and what is your counter-stake?" [Duryodhana:] "Let this move stand, friend; I shall win it in this game. I too have gems and various riches, and there is no stinginess in me regarding wealth; I shall win it in this game." Then Shakuni, knower of the dice's true nature, took up those dice; and "Won!" — thus Shakuni spoke to Yudhishthira.
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The first throw — and at once "Won!": deceit does not delay in showing itself from the very start. It is telling that it is not Duryodhana, who made the wager, who casts the dice, but Shakuni, and victory is declared at once — a rigged game leaves no room for chance. The verse teaches that an unjust act betrays itself by its fruit: where the outcome is decided in advance, there is neither contest nor justice. And this first cry of "Won!" is the beginning of an avalanche: after this gem will roll kingdoms, brothers, Draupadi herself. A small beginning of ruin foreshadows its vast unfolding. Thus the fateful game opens — not as a contest of equals, but as the triumph of deceit; and from this first dishonest move stretches the thread that leads to the entire catastrophe to come.