Shloka 49
Śaineya’s Breakthrough and Reunion with Arjuna (शैनेयस्य समागमः)
सुहृदां हितकामानां वाक््यं यो न शूणोति ह । स महद् व्यसन प्राप्प शोचते वै यथा भवान्,जो हितैषी सुहृदोंकी बात नहीं सुनता है, वह भारी संकटमें पड़कर आपके ही समान शोक करता है
suhṛdāṁ hitakāmānāṁ vākyaṁ yo na śṛṇoti ha | sa mahad vyasanaṁ prāpya śocati vai yathā bhavān ||
Sañjaya said: “He who does not listen to the counsel of well-wishing friends—those who seek his good—falls into great calamity and then grieves, just as you do.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
One should heed the advice of sincere well-wishers; rejecting beneficial counsel leads to avoidable disaster and later remorse.
Sañjaya addresses Dhṛtarāṣṭra, drawing a moral lesson from the unfolding war: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s present grief is portrayed as the result of not listening to well-intentioned counsel earlier.