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यो नो नेता ... संख्ये नौर् इव पार-नेताyo no netā ... saṃkhye naur iva pāra-netā"he who ferries us across in battle, like a boat,
जेता रिपूणां राज-पुत्रस् तरस्वीjetā ripūṇāṃ rāja-putras tarasvīconqueror of enemies, the swift prince --
अनर्हता लोक-वीरेण तेनanarhatā loka-vīreṇa tenathough unworthy of it, the world's hero,
दीव्याम्य् अहं शकुने फल्गुनेनdīvyāmy ahaṃ śakune phalgunenaI play with Phalguna [Arjuna], O Shakuni.'
जितम् इत्य् एव ... अयं ... सव्यसाची पराजितःjitam ity eva ... ayaṃ ... savyasācī parājitaḥ'Won!' ... 'Savyasachi has been defeated by me;
भीमेन राजन् दयितेन दीव्यbhīmena rājan dayitena dīvyaplay with Bhima, dear to you, O king,
यत् कैतव्यं पाण्डव ते ऽवशिष्टम्yat kaitavyaṃ pāṇḍava te 'vaśiṣṭamwith what still remains to you as a stake, Pandava.'
यो नो नेता यो युधां नः प्रणेताyo no netā yo yudhāṃ naḥ praṇetā'he who is our leader, who guides our battles,
यथा वज्री दानव-शत्रुर् एकःyathā vajrī dānava-śatrur ekaḥlike the sole thunderbolt-wielder -- the enemy of the danavas,
तिर्यक्-प्रेक्षी संहत-भ्रूर् महात्माtiryak-prekṣī saṃhata-bhrūr mahātmāglancing sidelong, with brows drawn together, great-souled,
सिंह-स्कन्धो यश् च सदा अत्यमर्षीsiṃha-skandho yaś ca sadā atyamarṣīlion-shouldered, ever intolerant of wrong,
बलेन तुल्यो यस्य पुमान् न विद्यतेbalena tulyo yasya pumān na vidyateequal to whom in strength no man is found,
गदा-भृताम् अग्र्य इह अरि-मर्दनःgadā-bhṛtām agrya iha ari-mardanaḥforemost of mace-bearers, crusher of foes --
अनर्हता राज-पुत्रेण तेनanarhatā rāja-putreṇa tenathough unworthy of it, this prince,
दीव्याम्य् अहं भीमसेनेन राजन्dīvyāmy ahaṃ bhīmasenena rājanI play with Bhimasena, O king.' 'Won!'
युधिष्ठिरyudhiṣṭhiraoriginal form "yudhiṣṭhira", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पारनेताpāranetāoriginal form "pāranetā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
राजपुत्रस्rājaputrasoriginal form "rājaputras", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
लोकवीरेणlokavīreṇaoriginal form "lokavīreṇa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वैशंपायनvaiśaṃpāyanaoriginal form "vaiśaṃpāyana", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एतच्etacoriginal form "etac", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
छ्रुत्वाchrutvāoriginal form "chrutvā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
व्यवसितोvyavasitooriginal form "vyavasito", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
निकृतिंnikṛtiṃoriginal form "nikṛtiṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
समुपाश्रितःsamupāśritaḥoriginal form "samupāśritaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शकुनिर्śakuniroriginal form "śakunir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
युधिष्ठिरम्yudhiṣṭhiramoriginal form "yudhiṣṭhiram", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अभाषतabhāṣataoriginal form "abhāṣata", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शकुनिर्śakuniroriginal form "śakunir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मयाmayāoriginal form "mayā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पाण्डवानांpāṇḍavānāṃoriginal form "pāṇḍavānāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
धनुर्धरःdhanurdharaḥoriginal form "dhanurdharaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पाण्डवःpāṇḍavaḥoriginal form "pāṇḍavaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
युधिष्ठिरyudhiṣṭhiraoriginal form "yudhiṣṭhira", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नःnaḥoriginal form "naḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दानवशत्रुर्dānavaśatruroriginal form "dānavaśatrur", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तिर्यक्प्रेक्षीtiryakprekṣīoriginal form "tiryakprekṣī", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
संहतभ्रूर्saṃhatabhrūroriginal form "saṃhatabhrūr", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सिंहस्कन्धोsiṃhaskandhooriginal form "siṃhaskandho", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सदात्यमर्षीsadātyamarṣīoriginal form "sadātyamarṣī", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
गदाभृताम्gadābhṛtāmoriginal form "gadābhṛtām", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इहारिमर्दनःihārimardanaḥoriginal form "ihārimardanaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
राजपुत्रेणrājaputreṇaoriginal form "rājaputreṇa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वैशंपायनvaiśaṃpāyanaoriginal form "vaiśaṃpāyana", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एतच्etacoriginal form "etac", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
छ्रुत्वाchrutvāoriginal form "chrutvā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
व्यवसितोvyavasitooriginal form "vyavasito", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
निकृतिंnikṛtiṃoriginal form "nikṛtiṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
समुपाश्रितःsamupāśritaḥoriginal form "samupāśritaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
जितम्jitamoriginal form "jitam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इत्य्ityoriginal form "ity", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एवevaoriginal form "eva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शकुनिर्śakuniroriginal form "śakunir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
युधिष्ठिरम्yudhiṣṭhiramoriginal form "yudhiṣṭhiram", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अभाषतabhāṣataoriginal form "abhāṣata", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
One after another the defenders are staked -- Arjuna, who "ferries us across in battle like a boat," and Bhima, "the leader of our battles." It is telling that the very guardians are lost: the hand that surrenders the brothers surrenders also the shield that protected it. The verse teaches how self-destructive passion is: it stakes the very thing on which the life of the one staking depends. And the lofty praises with which Yudhishthira crowns his brothers before losing them are only more bitter for it: he sees their greatness -- and stakes it anyway. Thus gambling turns love and praise into a eulogy spoken over the living. Whoever loses his defenders surrenders himself to defenselessness; and having left Arjuna and Bhima on the table, the king exposed himself to the last and most terrible move.