Shloka 7
अध्याय ५०: उत्तरेण सह अर्जुनस्य रथप्रयाणे ध्वजचिह्नैः कौरवसेनानिर्देशः
Arjuna directs Uttara by identifying Kaurava commanders through banners
वर्तमाना यथाशास्त्र प्राप्प चापि महीमिमाम् । सत्कुर्वन्ति महाभागा गुरून् सुविगुणानपि
vartamānā yathāśāstraṁ prāpya cāpi mahīm imām | satkurvanti mahābhāgā gurūn suviguṇān api ||
কৃপ ক’লে—শাস্ত্ৰবিধি অনুসৰি চলা মহাভাগ্যবান আৰু সৌভাগ্যশালী পুৰুষসকলে ন্যায়েৰে পৃথিৱীৰ ৰাজ্য লাভ কৰিও, গুণহীন গুৰুজনকো সন্মান কৰে। কিন্তু ইয়াত অন্যায়েৰে লাভ কৰা ৰাজ্যৰ ফলত গুণবান বৃদ্ধ-গুৰুসকলকো অৱমাননা কৰা হৈছে।
कृप उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when one gains power legitimately, dharma requires humility and reverence toward teachers and elders; true nobility is shown by honoring gurus regardless of their personal shortcomings, whereas unjustly gained rule tends to erode respect even for the deserving.
Kṛpa is criticizing a moral inversion: in ideal conduct, righteous rulers honor their gurus; but in the present situation he laments that an unjust acquisition of authority has resulted in disrespect toward worthy elders, signaling a decline in dharma.