Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 2.98
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2.98.1
ततो व्यध्वगतं पार्थं प्रातिकामी युधिष्ठिरम् ।
उवाच वचनाद्राज्ञो धृतराष्ट्रस्य धीमतः ॥ २.९८.१ ॥
Then, at the command of the wise king Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Prātikāmī spoke to Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Pṛthā, who had come along the road.
2.98.2
उपास्तीर्णा सभा राजन्नक्षानुप्त्वा युधिष्ठिर ।
एहि पाण्डव दीव्येति पिता त्वाह नराधिपः ॥ २.९८.२ ॥
O king Yudhiṣṭhira, the hall is prepared and the dice have been cast. Your father, the lord of men, has said to you: 'Come, Pāṇḍava, play.'
2.98.3
धातुर्नियोगाद्भूतानि प्राप्नुवन्ति शुभाशुभम् ।
न निवृत्तिस्तयोरस्ति देवतव्यं पुनर्यदि ॥ २.९८.३ ॥
By the ordinance of the Creator, beings obtain good and evil; there is no escape from these two, if fate has so ordained it again.
2.98.4
अक्षद्यूते समाह्वानं नियोगात्स्थविरस्य च ।
जानन्नपि क्षयकरं नातिक्रमितुमुत्सहे ॥ २.९८.४ ॥
The summons to the dice game and the command of the elder—though I know it causes ruin, I am not willing to transgress it.
2.98.5
असम्भवो हेममयस्य जन्तो-
स्तथापि रामो लुलुभे मृगाय।
प्रायः समासन्नपराभवाणां ।
धियो विपर्यस्ततरा भवन्ति ॥ २.९८.५ ॥
A golden creature is impossible, yet Rāma was enticed by the deer. The intellects of those whose defeat is near are mostly turned utterly awry.
2.98.6
इति ब्रुवन्निववृते भ्रातृभिः सह पाण्डवः ।
जानांश्च शकुनेर्मायां पार्थो द्यूतमियात्पुनः ॥ २.९८.६ ॥
Speaking thus, the Pāṇḍava turned back with his brothers; yet knowing the trickery of Śakuni, Pārtha would go to the dice game again.
2.98.7
विविशुस्ते सभां तां तु पुनरेव महारथाः ।
व्यथयन्ति स्म चेतांसि मुहृदां भरतर्षभाः ॥ २.९८.७ ॥
Those great charioteers entered that assembly hall again, and the bulls of the Bharatas troubled the hearts of their friends.
2.98.8
यथोपजोषमासीनाः पुनर्द्यूतप्रवृत्तये ।
सर्वलोकविनाशाय दैवेनोपनिपीडिताः ॥ २.९८.८ ॥
Seating themselves as they pleased, pressed by fate, they sat down again to resume the dice game, for the destruction of all the worlds.
2.98.9
अमुञ्चत्स्थविरो यद्वो धनं पूजितमेव तत् ।
महाधनं ग्लहं त्वेकं शृणु भो भरतर्षभ ॥ २.९८.९ ॥
The elder has released what was honoured as yours; but listen, O bull of the Bharatas, to one great stake of wealth.
2.98.10
वयं वा द्वादशाब्दानि युष्माभिर्द्यूतनिर्जिताः ।
प्रविशेम महारण्यं रौरवाजिनवाससः ॥ २.९८.१० ॥
Let us, defeated by you at dice, or you, clad in rurū-deer hides, enter the great forest for twelve years.
2.98.11
त्रयोदशं च स्वजनैरज्ञाताः परिवत्सरम् ।
ज्ञाताश्च पुनरन्यानि वने वर्षाणि द्वादश ॥ २.९८.११ ॥
And the thirteenth year you are to spend a year unknown to your kinsmen; and if you are recognised, then twelve more years in the forest.
2.98.12
अस्माभिर्निर्जिता यूयं वने द्वादश वत्सरान् ।
वसध्वं कृष्णया सार्धमजिनैः प्रतिवासिताः ॥ २.९८.१२ ॥
You, defeated by us, shall dwell in the forest for twelve years with Kṛṣṇā, clad in hides in return.
2.98.13
त्रयोदशं च स्वजनैरज्ञाताः पिरवत्सरम् ।
ज्ञाताश्च पुनरन्यानि वने वर्षाणि द्वादश ॥ २.९८.१३ ॥
And the thirteenth year you shall pass a full year unknown to your kinsmen; if recognized, twelve more years in the forest.
2.98.14
त्रयोदशे च निर्वृत्ते पुनरेव यथोचितम् ।
स्वराज्यं प्रतिपत्तव्यमितरैरथवेतरैः ॥ २.९८.१४ ॥
When the thirteenth year is completed, your own kingdom is to be regained again in the proper way, or else by others.
2.98.15
अनेन व्यवसायेन सहास्माभिर्युधिष्ठिर ।
अक्षानुप्त्वा पुनर्द्यूतमेहि दीव्यस्व भारत ॥ २.९८.१५ ॥
By this agreement, together with us, O Yudhiṣṭhira, cast the dice and gamble again; come, play, O descendant of Bharata.
2.98.16
अथ सभ्याः सभामध्ये समुच्छ्रितकरास्तदा ।
ऊचुरुद्विग्नमनसः संवेगात्सर्व एव हि ॥ २.९८.१६ ॥
Then the members of the assembly, with raised hands in the midst of the hall, their minds agitated, all of them spoke out in alarm.
2.98.17
अहो धिग्बान्धवा नैनं बोधयन्ति महद्भयम् ।
बुद्ध्या बुद्ध्येन्न वा बुद्ध्येदयं वै भरतर्षभ ॥ २.९८.१७ ॥
Alas, shame! The kinsmen do not warn him of this great danger; O bull of the Bharatas, will he understand it by his intellect or not?
2.98.18
जनप्रवादान्सुबहूञ्शृण्वन्नपि नराधिपः ।
ह्रिया च धर्मसंयोगात्पार्थो द्यूतमियात्पुनः ॥ २.९८.१८ ॥
Though he hears many rumours from the people, the king, out of shame and through the bond of dharma, Pārtha (Yudhiṣṭhira) would go to dice again.
2.98.19
जानन्नापि महाबुद्धिः पुनर्द्यूतमवर्तयत् ।
अप्यासन्नो विनाशः स्यात्कुरूणामितिचिन्तयन् ॥ २.९८.१९ ॥
Though knowing this, the man of great intellect again undertook the gambling, thinking that the destruction of the Kurus might be near.
2.98.20
कथं वै मद्विधो राजा स्वधर्ममनुपालयन् ।
आहूतो विनिवर्तेत दीव्यामि शकुने त्वया ॥ २.९८.२० ॥
How could a king like me, keeping to his own dharma, turn back when invited? O Śakuni, I will play with you.
2.98.21
गवाश्वं बहुधेनुकमपर्यन्तमजाविकम् ।
गजाः कोशो हिरण्यं च दासीदासाश्च सर्वशः ॥ २.९८.२१ ॥
Cattle and horses, many milch cows, boundless goats and sheep, elephants, treasury, gold, and male and female servants of every kind.
2.98.22
हित्वा नो ग्लह एवैको वनवासाय पाण्डवाः ।
यूयं वयं वा विजिता वसेम वनमाश्रिताः ॥ २.९८.२२ ॥
O Pāṇḍavas, let our stake be only one: forest exile. Whichever of you or of us is defeated shall dwell in the forest, having taken refuge there.
2.98.23
त्रयोदशं च वै वर्णमज्ञाताः स्वजनैस्तथा ।
अनेन व्यवसायेन दीव्याम पुरुषर्षभाः। ॥ २.९८.२३ ॥
And the thirteenth year must be spent unknown to one's own kinsmen. With this resolve, O bulls among men, let us play.
2.98.24
समुत्क्षेपेण चैकेन वनवासाय भारत ।
एवं दैवबलाविष्टो धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः।
भीष्मद्रोणाऽऽवार्यमाणो विदुरेण च धीमता ॥ २.९८.२४ ॥
O descendant of Bharata, for forest exile by a single throw—thus Yudhiṣṭhira, the King of Dharma, seized by the power of fate, was being restrained by Bhīṣma and Droṇa and by the wise Vidura.
2.98.25
युयुत्सुना कृपेणाथ सञ्जयेन च भारत ।
गान्धार्या पृथया चैव भीमार्जुनयमैस्तथा ॥ २.९८.२५ ॥
O Bhārata, and by Yuyutsu, Kṛpa and Sañjaya, by Gāndhārī and Pṛthā, and likewise by Bhīma, Arjuna and the twins (were they restraining him).
2.98.26
विकर्णेन च वीरेण द्रौपद्या द्रौणिना तथा ।
सोमदत्तेन च तथा बाह्लीकेन च धीमता ॥ २.९८.२६ ॥
and by the hero Vikarṇa, by Draupadī, by Droṇa's son, likewise by Somadatta, and by the wise Bāhlīka (were they restraining him).
2.98.27
वार्यमाणोपि सततं न च राजन्नियच्छति ।
एवं संवार्यमाणोपि कौन्तेयो हितकाम्यया ॥ २.९८.२७ ॥
O king, though constantly restrained, he does not hold back; though thus restrained out of a wish for his welfare, the son of Kuntī (does not restrain himself).
2.98.28
देवकार्यार्थसिद्ध्यर्थं मुहूर्तं कलिमाविशत् ।
अविष्टः कलिना राजञ्छकुनिं प्रत्यभाषत ॥ २.९८.२८ ॥
To accomplish the purpose of the gods, he entered Kali for a moment; possessed by Kali, O king, he spoke to Śakuni.
2.98.29
एवं भवत्विति तदा वनवासाय दीव्यति ।
प्रतिजग्राह तं पार्थो ग्लहं जग्राह सौबलः
जितमित्येव शकुनिर्युधिष्ठिरमभाषत ॥ २.९८.२९ ॥
Saying 'So be it,' he then gambled for the exile in the forest; the son of Pṛthā accepted that stake; the son of Subala (Śakuni) took up the throw and said to Yudhiṣṭhira, 'I have won.'