Shloka 15
Sabhā Parva, Adhyāya 68 — Pāṇḍavānāṃ Vanavāsa-prasthānaḥ; Duḥśāsana-nindā; Pāṇḍava-pratijñāḥ
“हम सबके आचार्य भरद्वाजनन्दन द्रोणाचार्य और कृपाचार्य ये दोनों ब्राह्मणकुलके श्रेष्ठ पुरुष हैं। ये दोनों भी इस प्रश्नपर अपने विचार क्यों नहीं प्रकट करते? ।।
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
asmākaṁ sarveṣām ācāryau bharadvājanandana-droṇācāryaḥ kṛpācāryaś ca—etau dvau brāhmaṇakulasyottamau puruṣau | etāv api kasmād asmin praśne svamatam na prakāśayataḥ ||
ye tv anye pṛthivīpālāḥ sametāḥ sarvato diśaḥ | kāma-krodhau samutsṛjya te bruvantu yathāmati ||
قال فايشامبايانا: «إن مُعلِّمَينا—درونا ابنَ بهارادفاجا وكريبا—كلاهما من أرفع رجال سلالة البرهمن. فلماذا لا يُظهران رأيهما في هذا السؤال؟ وليتكلّم سائر الملوك المجتمعين هنا من كل جهة، بعد أن يطرحوا الشهوة والغضب، في هذه القضية على قدر ما عندهم من فهم.»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A judgment on a contentious issue should be offered without being driven by kāma (self-interested desire) or krodha (anger). The verse frames ethical deliberation as requiring restraint and impartiality, especially in a public assembly.
In the royal assembly, the speaker points out that eminent teachers Droṇa and Kṛpa have not voiced their view on the question at hand, and then calls upon the other assembled kings—arrived from all directions—to speak their opinions after abandoning personal passions.