Shloka 143
यथा संहृष्यते पाप: पाण्डुपुत्रो वृकोदर: | “अधर्मसे विजय प्राप्त करके किस बुद्धिमान् पुरुषको हर्ष होगा? जैसा कि पापी पाण्डुपुत्र भीमसेनको हो रहा है
yathā saṁhṛṣyate pāpaḥ pāṇḍuputro vṛkodaraḥ |
Sañjaya said: “How can any wise man feel joy after gaining victory through unrighteousness? Yet the sinful Vṛkodara—Bhīmasena, the son of Pāṇḍu—rejoices in just that way.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames victory as ethically meaningful: triumph gained through adharma should not be a cause for joy, and rejoicing in such a victory is portrayed as a moral failing.
Sañjaya comments critically on Bhīma (Vṛkodara), describing him as rejoicing after a victory that is implied to have been achieved by unrighteous means, thereby emphasizing the ethical tension within the war’s outcomes.