Shloka 36
Adhyāya 33: Rauhiṇeya (Balarāma) is welcomed and takes his seat to witness the gadā-engagement
राजा च धृतराष्ट्रोड्द्य श्रुत्वा पुत्र मया हतम् | स्मरिष्यत्यशुभं कर्म यत् तच्छकुनिबुद्धिजम्
rājā ca dhṛtarāṣṭro ’dya śrutvā putraṃ mayā hatam | smariṣyaty aśubhaṃ karma yat tac chakuni-buddhijam ||
Sanjaya said: “When King Dhritarashtra hears today that his son has been slain by my hand, he will recall the inauspicious deeds he committed—deeds born of Shakuni’s counsel.”
संजय उवाच
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The verse highlights moral accountability: even if one acts under another’s counsel, the ethical burden of one’s deeds remains one’s own, and the fruits of adharma return as grief and self-reproach.
Sanjaya anticipates Dhritarashtra’s reaction upon hearing that a son has been killed; the news will trigger Dhritarashtra’s remembrance of earlier wrongful choices influenced by Shakuni, implying a chain of causation leading to the present catastrophe.