Shloka 27
मārkaṇḍeya-ukta yuddha-vyūha-pratyavyūhaḥ
Battle Formations and Countermeasures in the Rāmopākhyāna
क्षुद्रे कृत्वा फल पापं त्वं प्राप्स्पसि न संशय: । आसाटद्य पाण्डवान् वीरान् धर्मराजपुरोगमान्,तू धर्मराज आदि वीर पाण्डवोंके सामने पड़नेपर इस खोटे कर्मका बुरा फल प्राप्त करेगा, इसमें संशय नहीं है
kṣudre kṛtvā phala-pāpaṁ tvaṁ prāpsyasi na saṁśayaḥ | āsādaya pāṇḍavān vīrān dharmarāja-purogamān ||
«لقد ارتكبتَ هذا الفعل الدنيء الآثم، وستجني شرَّ عاقبته لا محالة—لا ريب في ذلك. اذهب وواجه أبطال الباندافا، يتقدمهم ملك الدهرما (يودهيشثيرا)؛ فإذا مثلتَ بين أيديهم، سيسقط عليك حتمًا الثمر المرّ لهذا الصنيع المعوجّ.»
धौग्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse stresses karma-phala: ignoble, sinful actions inevitably yield painful results. Moral causality is presented as certain—wrongdoing carries its own consequence, especially when set against the righteous (here, the Pāṇḍavas led by Dharmarāja).
Dhaumya delivers a stern admonition, predicting that the addressee will suffer the evil fruit of a deceitful act when he approaches and confronts the heroic Pāṇḍavas under Yudhiṣṭhira’s leadership.