Shloka 20
त्वां प्राप्प सहसोदर्य धिक्कृतं सर्वसाधुभि: । “तू और तेरा भाई दोनों समस्त साधु पुरुषोंके धिककारके पात्र हैं। तुम दोनोंको पाकर सारे पांचाल धर्मभ्रष्ट, नीच, मित्रद्रोही तथा गुरुद्रोही बन गये हैं ।। पुनश्चेदवीदृशी वाचं मत्समीपे वदिष्यसि
sañjaya uvāca | tvāṃ prāpya sahasodari dhikkṛtaṃ sarvasādhubhiḥ | “tū aur terā bhāī donoṃ samasta sādhu-puruṣoṃ ke dhikkāra ke pātra haiṃ | tum donoṃ ko pākar sāre pāñcāla dharmabhraṣṭa, nīca, mitradrohī tathā gurudrohī ban gaye haiṃ || punaś ced īdṛśīṃ vācaṃ matsamīpe vadiṣyasi”
Sañjaya said: “O sister with your brother, having obtained you, you have become an object of condemnation to all the righteous. You and your brother are fit to be rebuked by every good person. Because of associating with you two, the entire Pañcāla side has become fallen from dharma—base, treacherous to friends, and betrayers of their teacher. And if you speak such words again in my presence…”
संजय उवाच
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The verse frames betrayal—especially treachery toward friends (mitra-droha) and one’s teacher (guru-droha)—as a grave ethical collapse that brings universal censure from the sādhus (the righteous). It underscores that association and counsel can pull a whole community into adharma, making moral responsibility both personal and collective.
Sañjaya reports a harsh rebuke directed at a person addressed as “sister with your brother,” accusing the pair of being condemned by all good people and of causing the Pañcālas to become fallen from dharma—base, friend-betraying, and teacher-betraying. The line ends with a warning: if such speech is repeated in the speaker’s presence, consequences are implied.