Shloka 27
Nara-Nārāyaṇa Precedent and Bhīṣma’s Counsel on Kṛṣṇa–Arjuna; Karṇa’s Reply
त्रयाणामेव च मतं तत् त्वमेको5नुमन्यसे । रामेण चैव शप्तस्य कर्णस्य भरतर्षभ
trayāṇām eva ca mataṃ tat tvam eko 'numanyase | rāmeṇa caiva śaptasya karṇasya bharatarṣabha ||
Vaiśampāyana sprach: „O Stier unter den Bharatas, du allein billigest jenen Rat, der von jenen dreien stammt—vor allem den Karṇas, der von Rāma (Paraśurāma) verflucht wurde.“ Der Vers tadelt eine bewusste moralische Entscheidung: Statt weiseren, dharmagemäßen Rat zu befolgen, stellt sich der Angesprochene auf die Seite einer kleinen, tadelnswerten Fraktion, deren Führung als ethisch verdorben und verderbenbringend geschildert wird.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Moral accountability in choosing whose counsel to follow: endorsing the advice of a small, ethically suspect group is portrayed as a conscious deviation from dharma, with grave consequences.
Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates a rebuke addressed to a Bharata prince/leader: he is singled out as the only one who supports the ‘view of the three,’ highlighting his alignment with Karṇa (noted here as cursed by Paraśurāma) and implying a broader pattern of siding with harmful counsel.