Shloka 26
Adhyāya 203 — Tilottamā-sṛṣṭiḥ
Creation and Commissioning of Tilottamā
द्रोण उवाच विद्य ते भावदोषेण यदर्थमिदमुच्यते | दुष्ट पाण्डवहेतोस्त्वं दोषमाख्यापयस्युत,द्रोणाचार्यने कहा--ओ दुष्ट! तू क्यों ऐसी बात कहता है, यह हम जानते हैं। पाण्डवोंके लिये तेरे हृदयमें जो द्वेष संचित है, उसीसे प्रेरित होकर तू मेरी बातोंमें दोष बता रहा है
droṇa uvāca: vidyate bhāva-doṣeṇa yad-artham idam ucyate | duṣṭa pāṇḍava-hetoḥ tvaṃ doṣam ākhyāpayasy uta ||
Droṇa sprach: „Wir wissen wohl, weshalb du so redest—deine Worte entspringen einem Makel deiner inneren Gesinnung. Du Bösewicht, von Feindschaft gegen die Pāṇḍavas getrieben, versuchst du nur, Fehler in dem aufzuzeigen, was ich gesagt habe.“
द्रोण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that speech is ethically evaluated not only by content but by intention (bhāva). A biased or hostile inner motive (bhāva-doṣa) can distort judgment and turn critique into mere fault-finding.
Droṇa rebukes an interlocutor who is criticizing his words. He asserts that the criticism is not sincere but motivated by malice and animosity connected with the Pāṇḍavas, and therefore amounts to contrived accusation rather than fair assessment.