द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय १६२: प्रातःसंध्यायां युद्धप्रवृत्तिः तथा रजोमेघे संमूढता
यस्ते पार्थेषु विद्वेषो या भक्ति: कौरवेषु च
yaste pārtheṣu vidveṣo yā bhaktiḥ kauraveṣu ca
قال سانجيا: «ذلك العداء الذي تحمله لأبناء بريثا، وتلك المودّة والولاء اللذان تُظهرهما للكوروڤا…»
संजय उवाच
The verse highlights the moral danger of partiality: hatred toward one side and devotion to another distort judgment in war and governance, undermining dharma by replacing fairness with factional attachment.
Sañjaya addresses the listener (implicitly Dhṛtarāṣṭra), pointing to his entrenched animosity toward the Pāṇḍavas and his loyal bias toward the Kauravas, setting up a critique of the attitudes driving decisions during the Kurukṣetra war.