महाराज मनुष्येषु निन्द्यं यः सर्वमाचरेत् । स वध्य: सर्वलोकस्य निन्दितानि समाचरन्,महाराज! जो पुरुष दूसरे मनुष्योंके साथ सर्वथा निन्दनीय व्यवहार करता है, वह निन्दित आचरण करनेवाला पापात्मा सब लोगोंके लिये वध्य है
mahārāja manuṣyeṣu nindyaṃ yaḥ sarvam ācaret | sa vadhyaḥ sarvalokasya ninditāni samācaran ||
Sañjaya said: “O King, a man who, in his dealings with other people, habitually commits what is wholly blameworthy—one who persists in disgraceful conduct—becomes, in the eyes of all, fit to be punished (even put to death), for he lives by actions condemned by society and dharma.”
संजय उवाच
Persistent, universally blameworthy conduct toward others places a person outside the protection of dharma and social trust; such a wrongdoer is regarded by society as deserving severe punishment, because ethical life depends on restraining condemned actions.
Sañjaya addresses the king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) and states a moral judgment about human conduct: one who continually behaves in a reprehensible way toward others becomes, in the eyes of all people, liable to harsh punishment—an ethical warning relevant to the escalating conflict in the Udyoga Parva.