Shloka 2
भीष्मपतनविषये धृतराष्ट्रस्य प्रश्नाः | Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Questions on Bhīṣma’s Fall
य आत्मनो दुश्चरितादशुभ प्राप्तुयान्नर: । एनसा तेन नान््यं स उपाशड्कितुमर्हति,जो मनुष्य अपने दुष्कर्मोके कारण अशुभ फल भोग रहा हो, उसे उस पापकी आशंका दूसरेपर नहीं करनी चाहिये
ya ātmanaḥ duścaritād aśubhaṃ prāptuyān naraḥ | enasā tena nānyaṃ sa upāśaṅkitum arhati ||
যি মানুহে নিজৰ দুষ্কৰ্মৰ ফলত অশুভ ফল ভোগ কৰে, সি সেই পাপৰ সন্দেহ আনৰ ওপৰত আৰোপ কৰিব নালাগে; পাপ আৰু তাৰ ফল কৰ্তাৰেই, আনৰ নহয়।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
One should accept responsibility for one’s own wrongdoing and its consequences; it is unethical to shift blame or suspicion onto others for the results of one’s own sins.
Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra in the Bhīṣma Parva context, states a moral principle: misfortune arising from one’s own misconduct should not be attributed to someone else.