Shloka 36
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 28: Dharmādharmalakṣaṇa in Āpad
Crisis-Discernment of Right and Wrong
एते मदान्मृत्युवशाभिपन्ना: समानीता धार्तराष्ट्रेण मूढा: । इदं पुनः कर्म पापीय एव सभामध्ये पश्य वृत्तं कुरूणाम्
ete madān mṛtyuvaśābhipannāḥ samānītā dhārtarāṣṭreṇa mūḍhāḥ | idaṃ punaḥ karma pāpīya eva sabhāmadhye paśya vṛttaṃ kurūṇām ||
Diese Männer, betört vom Rausch der Macht, sind vom Sohn Dhṛtarāṣṭras in den Griff des Todes selbst geführt worden. Sieh noch einmal hin, Sañjaya, was die Kurus mitten in der königlichen Versammlung taten—diese Tat ist noch sündhafter; betrachte ihr Verhalten und den moralischen Verfall, den es offenbart.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Power-intoxication (mada) blinds judgment and drives people into self-destruction; public wrongdoing in the royal assembly is not merely political error but a deep ethical fall that hastens ruin.
Vāyudeva addresses Sañjaya, condemning how Duryodhana has gathered men for war and warning that, deluded by pride, they have effectively been led into death; he urges Sañjaya to observe the Kurus’ conduct in the assembly and recognize its heightened sinfulness.