Shloka 273
एवं व्युत्क्रान्तधर्मेण व्युत्क्रम्य समयं हत: । “जैसे कोई सोये अथवा पागल हुए मनुष्यको मार दे या धोखेसे जहर देकर किसीकी हत्या कर डाले
evaṁ vyutkrāntadharmeṇa vyutkramya samayaṁ hataḥ |
Sañjaya dijo: «Así, a manos de quien se ha apartado del dharma—tras quebrantar la regla pactada del combate—he sido abatido.» La frase presenta la muerte no como simple derrota en el campo de batalla, sino como una falta moral: el hablante sostiene que el golpe violó el “samaya”, el código convenido del duelo de mazas, y por ello lo califica de adharma, no de victoria legítima.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that in dharma-based warfare, legitimacy depends not only on winning but on honoring agreed rules (samaya). A victory gained by violating the code is portrayed as ethically tainted, and the language ‘vyutkrāntadharma’ marks such conduct as a departure from righteous order.
Sañjaya reports a killing/defeat described as occurring through a breach of the established terms of combat. The speaker characterizes the blow as one delivered after transgressing the duel’s convention, emphasizing moral controversy rather than mere martial outcome.