Shloka 28
Chapter 137: Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki) Slays Somadatta; Yudhiṣṭhira Redirected from Droṇa
यत् तु कुत्सयसे योधान् युध्यमानान् महाबलान् । तत्र ते वर्तयिष्यामि यथा युद्धमवर्तत,युद्धमें लगे हुए महाबली योद्धाओंको जो आप कोस रहे हैं, वह व्यर्थ है। अब जिस प्रकार वहाँ युद्ध हुआ था, वह सब आपको बता रहा हूँ, सुनिये
yat tu kutsayase yodhān yudhyamānān mahābalān | tatra te vartayiṣyāmi yathā yuddham avartata ||
But the reproach you cast upon the mighty warriors who are engaged in battle is misplaced. I shall now relate to you exactly how the fighting unfolded there—how the war truly proceeded—so that judgment may rest on knowledge rather than blame.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Condemnation without understanding is ethically unsound: Sanjaya redirects Dhṛtarāṣṭra from blaming warriors who are fulfilling their combat duty to hearing an accurate account of events, implying that moral evaluation should be grounded in truthful narration and context.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra has been criticizing the warriors fighting in the battle. Sanjaya responds that such censure is futile and proceeds to narrate, in sequence, how the battle actually took place.