Shloka 17
कर्णनिधनवृत्तान्तनिवेदनम् | Reporting Karṇa’s Fall to Yudhiṣṭhira
श्रीकृष्णने कहा--पार्थ! इस समय मैं समझता हूँ कि तुमने वृद्ध पुरुषोंकी सेवा नहीं की है। पुरुषसिंह! इसीलिये तुम्हें बिना अवसरके ही क्रोध आ गया है ।। न हि धर्मविभागज्ञ: कुयदिवं धनंजय । यथा त्वं पाण्डवाद्येह धर्मभीरुरपण्डित:,पाण्डुपुत्र धनंजय! जो धर्मके विभागको जाननेवाला है, वह कभी ऐसा नहीं कर सकता, जैसा कि यहाँ आज तुम करना चाहते हो। वास्तवमें तुम धर्मभीरु होनेके साथ ही बुद्धिहीन भी हो
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca—pārtha! etat kāle ’haṃ manye tvayā vṛddhapuruṣāṇāṃ sevā na kṛtā; puruṣasiṃha! tasmāt tavānupapannam eva krodha āgataḥ. na hi dharmavibhāgajñaḥ kuryād evaṃ dhanaṃjaya, yathā tvam iha adya pāṇḍavādya dharmabhīrur apāṇḍitaḥ. pāṇḍuputra dhanaṃjaya! yo dharmasya vibhāgaṃ jānāti sa kadācit tādṛśaṃ na kuryāt, yathā tvam adya kartum icchasi; satyam eva tvam dharmabhīruḥ san buddhihīnaś ca.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: “Pārtha, at this moment I think you have not served and learned from the elders. O lion among men, that is why anger has seized you without proper occasion. One who truly understands the distinctions within dharma would never act in the way you now intend to act here today, Dhanañjaya. Pāṇḍu’s son, you are fearful about dharma, yet you are acting without discernment.”
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच