Shloka 66
Chapter 137: Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki) Slays Somadatta; Yudhiṣṭhira Redirected from Droṇa
प्रावेशयद्भधुतवहं पतज्गभमिव मोहित: । अहो! दुर्योधनने मोहित होकर युद्धकी कलासे अनभिज्ञ दुर्मुखको अकेले ही पतंगकी भाँति आगमें झोंक दिया
prāveśayad durmukhaṁ mohitah pataṅgam iva vahnim | aho duryodhanaḥ mohitah yuddha-kalāyā anabhijñaṁ durmukham ekākinaṁ pataṅga-vad agnau jhoṅkitaḥ ||
قال دِهْرِتَراشْتْرا: «واحسرتاه! إنّ دوريوذانا، وقد أضلّه الوهم، دفع دورموخا—غير الماهر بفنون الحرب—وحيدًا إلى أتون المعركة، كالعُثّة تُلقي بنفسها في النار.»
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how moha (delusion) in leadership leads to adharma: treating allies as expendable and pushing the unprepared into ruin. Ethical command requires discernment, protection of one’s dependents, and restraint of ambition.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra laments that Duryodhana, blinded by delusion, sent Durmukha—described as inexperienced in the arts of war—into the deadly battle alone, likening him to a moth thrown into fire.