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Shloka 50

हमारी बुद्धि लोभसे ग्रस्त है, हम नीचोंने राज्यके लिये सदा उपकार करनेवाले बूढ़े आचार्यके साथ द्रोह किया है ।। अहो बत महत्‌ पापं कृतं कर्म सुदारुणम्‌ | यद्‌ राज्यसुखलोभेन द्रोणो5यं साधु घातित:,ओह! हमने यह अत्यन्त भयंकर महान्‌ पापकर्म कर डाला है, जो कि राज्य-सुखके लोभमें पड़कर इन आचार्य द्रोणकी पूर्णतः हत्या करा दी

Arjuna uvāca: aho bata mahat pāpaṁ kṛtaṁ karma sudāruṇam | yad rājyasukhalobhena droṇo 'yaṁ sādhū ghātitaḥ ||

Arjuna sprach: „Weh mir! Wir haben eine große Sünde begangen—eine Tat von schrecklicher Grausamkeit. Denn aus Gier nach den Freuden der Königsherrschaft ist dieser edle Droṇa in den Tod getrieben worden.“

अहोalas!/oh!
अहो:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअहो
बतindeed/forsooth
बत:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootबत
महत्great
महत्:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
पापम्sin
पापम्:
TypeNoun
Rootपाप
Formneuter, nominative, singular
कृतम्done/committed
कृतम्:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formक्त (past passive participle), neuter, nominative, singular
कर्मdeed/act
कर्म:
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
सुदारुणम्very dreadful
सुदारुणम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसुदारुण
Formneuter, nominative, singular
यत्which/that (relative)
यत्:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
राज्यkingdom/sovereignty
राज्य:
TypeNoun
Rootराज्य
Formneuter, stem (in compound), singular
सुखpleasure/happiness
सुख:
TypeNoun
Rootसुख
Formneuter, stem (in compound), singular
लोभेनby/through greed
लोभेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootलोभ
Formmasculine, instrumental, singular
द्रोणःDrona
द्रोणः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootद्रोण
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
अयम्this
अयम्:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
साधुwell/indeed; completely
साधु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसाधु
घातितःcaused to be slain / got killed
घातितः:
TypeVerb
Rootघातय् (णिजन्त) / हन्
Formक्त (past passive participle, causative sense), masculine, nominative, singular

अजुन उवाच

A
Arjuna
D
Droṇa

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights moral accountability in war: even when victory and political gain are at stake, greed (lobha) can corrupt judgment and lead to grievous wrongdoing. Arjuna frames the killing of a noble teacher as a ‘great sin,’ emphasizing that ends (rājya-sukha) do not automatically justify means.

In the aftermath of Droṇa’s fall, Arjuna voices anguish and self-reproach. He interprets Droṇa’s death as something the Pāṇḍavas have effectively caused, and he condemns the motive—desire for royal pleasure and power—as the ethical stain behind the act.