Shloka 3
ततो<लातेन दीप्तेन विश्वस्तं निजघान तम् | निहत्य च मुदा युक्त: सोडनुबन्धं न दृष्टवान्,बकराजको भी मित्रपर विश्वास था; इसलिये उस समय उसके पास ही सो गया। इधर वह दुष्टात्मा कृतष्न उसका वध करनेकी इच्छासे उठा और विश्वासपूर्वक सोये हुए राजधर्माको सामनेसे जलती हुई लकड़ी लेकर उसके द्वारा मार डाला। उसे मारकर वह बहुत प्रसन्न हुआ, मित्रके वधसे जो पाप लगता है, उसकी ओर उसकी दृष्टि नहीं गयी
tato 'lātena dīptena viśvastaṁ nijaghāna tam | nihatya ca mudā yuktaḥ so 'nubandhaṁ na dṛṣṭavān |
Then, taking a blazing firebrand, he struck down that man who lay trusting and unsuspecting. Having killed him, he became filled with joy, and he did not even consider the consequence—the sin that follows from murdering a friend who had placed his faith in him.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Betrayal of trust—especially the killing of a friend who is unsuspecting—is portrayed as grave adharma. The verse highlights moral blindness: the killer rejoices in the act and fails to reflect on the inevitable ethical consequence (anubandha), i.e., the sin that follows such treachery.
A man who is trusted and unsuspecting is attacked from the front with a burning firebrand and killed. The killer feels happiness after the murder and does not consider the sinful aftermath that comes from murdering a friend.