Shloka 27
मārkaṇḍeya-ukta yuddha-vyūha-pratyavyūhaḥ
Battle Formations and Countermeasures in the Rāmopākhyāna
क्षुद्रे कृत्वा फल पापं त्वं प्राप्स्पसि न संशय: । आसाटद्य पाण्डवान् वीरान् धर्मराजपुरोगमान्,तू धर्मराज आदि वीर पाण्डवोंके सामने पड़नेपर इस खोटे कर्मका बुरा फल प्राप्त करेगा, इसमें संशय नहीं है
kṣudre kṛtvā phala-pāpaṁ tvaṁ prāpsyasi na saṁśayaḥ | āsādaya pāṇḍavān vīrān dharmarāja-purogamān ||
“Having committed this base and sinful act, you will surely reap its evil consequence—there is no doubt. Go and confront the heroic Pāṇḍavas, led in front by King Dharma (Yudhiṣṭhira); when you come before them, the bitter fruit of this crooked deed will inevitably fall upon you.”
धौग्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse stresses karma-phala: ignoble, sinful actions inevitably yield painful results. Moral causality is presented as certain—wrongdoing carries its own consequence, especially when set against the righteous (here, the Pāṇḍavas led by Dharmarāja).
Dhaumya delivers a stern admonition, predicting that the addressee will suffer the evil fruit of a deceitful act when he approaches and confronts the heroic Pāṇḍavas under Yudhiṣṭhira’s leadership.