Shloka 89
प्रेष्यवच्चापि राजानमुपस्थास्यन्ति कौरवम् । “निश्चय ही ये थोथे तिलोंके समान नपुंसक हैं और नरकमें डूब गये हैं। आजसे ये दासोंके समान कौरव-नरेशकी सेवामें उपस्थित होंगे” ।। ८८ $ ।। इत्युक्तवानधर्मज्ञस्तदा परमदुर्मति:
preṣyavaccāpi rājānam upasthāsyanti kauravam | ityuktavān adharmajñas tadā paramadurmatī ||
Sañjaya said: “They will now attend upon the Kaurava king as though they were mere servants.” Having spoken thus, that man—ignorant of dharma and of utterly perverse intent—declared his harsh judgment, casting others as fallen and unmanly, and thereby revealed the moral degradation that follows pride and contempt amid the war’s frenzy.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how contempt, humiliation, and triumphal speech in war signal adharma: a mind that disregards righteousness dehumanizes others and treats service as degradation, revealing inner moral collapse rather than true victory.
Sañjaya reports a statement that certain people will henceforth attend the Kaurava king like servants; the narrator then characterizes the speaker as ignorant of dharma and of thoroughly perverse intent, framing the utterance as ethically tainted within the war narrative.