इदं तु त्वां कुरुराजो ऽभ्युवाच; पूर्वं पृष्ट्वा कुशलं चाव्ययं च ॥
इयं सभा त्वत्सभातुल्यरूपा; भ्रातॄणां ते पश्य ताम् एत्य पुत्र ॥
समागम्य भ्रातृभिः पार्थ तस्यां; सुहृद्द्यूतं क्रियतां रम्यतां च ॥
प्रीयामहे भवतः संगमेन; समागताः कुरवश् चैव सर्वे ॥
दुरोदरा विहिता ये तु तत्र; महात्मना धृतराष्ट्रेण राज्ञा ॥
तान् द्रक्ष्यसे कितवान् संनिविष्टान्; इत्य् आगतो ऽहं नृपते तज् जुषस्व ॥
idaṃ tu tvāṃ kururājo 'bhyuvāca; pūrvaṃ pṛṣṭvā kuśalaṃ cāvyayaṃ ca ||
iyaṃ sabhā tvatsabhātulyarūpā; bhrātṝṇāṃ te paśya tām etya putra ||
samāgamya bhrātṛbhiḥ pārtha tasyāṃ; suhṛddyūtaṃ kriyatāṃ ramyatāṃ ca ||
prīyāmahe bhavataḥ saṃgamena; samāgatāḥ kuravaś caiva sarve ||
durodarā vihitā ye tu tatra; mahātmanā dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa rājñā ||
tān drakṣyase kitavān saṃniviṣṭān; ity āgato 'haṃ nṛpate taj juṣasva ||
[Vidura conveys Dhritarashtra's words:] 'The king of Kuru addressed you thus, having first asked about your well-being and abiding [health]: "This hall, equal in form to your own, belongs to your brothers; come and see it, O son. Meeting with your brothers there, O Partha, hold a friendly game and take your pleasure; we shall rejoice at meeting you, for all the Kurus too have gathered. And the gamblers arranged there by the great-souled King Dhritarashtra—you will see them seated." So have I come, O sovereign; accept this.'
c5fb1a6b88e0 · प्रकाशित 16 जुल॰ 2026, 4:03:36 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The invitation is twice wrapped in warmth—'a friendly game,' 'we shall rejoice at meeting you.' It is telling that the trap is covered with the tenderest words: the more treacherous the design, the softer the call. The verse teaches wariness of friendliness behind which calculation hides: not every outstretched hand is truly friendly. And Vidura himself, in conveying another's words, adds no approval of his own—he has merely 'come,' under compulsion. Between the sweetness of the invitation delivered and the bitterness of the one delivering it lies the whole truth of what is happening: the messenger grieves over what he summons another to. Whoever can discern the messenger's tone beneath the words of the message perceives what is hidden; but Yudhishthira is drawn not by the words but by duty.