महाभारत · 2.67.21
॥
देवनागरी
वैशंपायन उवाच
प्रतिजग्राह तं पार्थो ग्लहं जग्राह सौबलः ॥
जितम् इत्य् एव शकुनिर् युधिष्ठिरम् अभाषत ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
pratijagrāha taṃ pārtho glahaṃ jagrāha saubalaḥ ||
jitam ity eva śakunir yudhiṣṭhiram abhāṣata ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
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
अनुवाद
Pārtha accepted that stake; the son of Subala cast the dice; and "Won!" — thus Śakuni said to Yudhiṣṭhira.
संस्करण
18c83f5fca0f · प्रकाशित 16 जुल॰ 2026, 4:12:36 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
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.