Mahābhārata · 2.67.21
॥
Devanāgarī
वैशंपायन उवाच
प्रतिजग्राह तं पार्थो ग्लहं जग्राह सौबलः ॥
जितम् इत्य् एव शकुनिर् युधिष्ठिरम् अभाषत ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
pratijagrāha taṃ pārtho glahaṃ jagrāha saubalaḥ ||
jitam ity eva śakunir yudhiṣṭhiram abhāṣata ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
प्रतिजग्राह तं पार्थो ग्लहं जग्राह सौबलःpratijagrāha taṃ pārtho glahaṃ jagrāha saubalaḥPārtha accepted that [stake]; the son of Subala cast the dice;
जितम् इत्य् एव शकुनिर् युधिष्ठिरम् अभाषतjitam ity eva śakunir yudhiṣṭhiram abhāṣataand "Won!" — thus Śakuni said to Yudhiṣṭhira.
वैशंपायनvaiśaṃpāyanaoriginal form "vaiśaṃpāyana", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Traducción
Pārtha accepted that stake; the son of Subala cast the dice; and "Won!" — thus Śakuni said to Yudhiṣṭhira.
Versión
18c83f5fca0f · publicado 16 jul 2026, 16:12:36 UTC
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One word — "Won!" — decides the fate of thirteen years: the same false triumph that once sounded over the loss of the kingdom and the outrage against the queen now condemns the righteous to exile. The verse's brevity matches the brevity of the throw: a destiny long prepared by scheming is accomplished in a single instant. But the seeming victor does not know that he is winning his own ruin: the Pāṇḍavas' exile is a reprieve in which retribution ripens, and Śakuni's triumphant cry is the start of the countdown to Kurukṣetra. The verse teaches that a victory wrongly won is a deferred defeat; that evil's brief triumph precedes a long reckoning; and that dice cast through deceit only delay, never annul, the triumph of dharma, which in its hour will rise unconquerable.