Shloka 13
एकस्मिन्नेव पुरुषे सा सा बुद्धिस्तदा तदा । भवत्यकृतधर्मत्वात् सा तस्यैव न रोचते
ekasminneva puruṣe sā sā buddhistadā tadā | bhavatyakṛtadharmatvāt sā tasyaiva na rocate ||
Sañjaya said: In that one man, his resolve keeps taking this form and that at different moments; because he has not fulfilled dharma, that very resolve does not settle into what is truly right for him, nor does it find lasting approval within him.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
When dharma is neglected, the mind’s judgment becomes unstable—shifting from one intention to another—and even one’s own conscience cannot fully endorse those choices. Ethical failure produces inner inconsistency and lack of lasting clarity.
Sañjaya comments on a particular person’s wavering resolve: at different moments he forms different plans or judgments, but because his conduct is not grounded in dharma, those intentions do not truly ‘sit right’ with him and fail to gain inner assent.