Shloka 1
Saṃjaya’s Warning to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: Accountability, Alliance-Shift, and the Pāṇḍava Strategic Edge
ऑपनआक्रात बछ। जि: चतुष्पठ्चाशत्तमोडध्याय: संजयका धृतराष्ट्रको उनके दोष बताते हुए दुर्योधनपर शासन करनेकी सलाह देना संजय उवाच एवमेतन्महाराज यथा वदसि भारत | युद्धे विनाश: क्षत्रस्य गाण्डीवेन प्रदृश्यते
sañjaya uvāca | evam etan mahārāja yathā vadasi bhārata | yuddhe vināśaḥ kṣatrasya gāṇḍīvena pradṛśyate ||
Sañjaya dijo: «Así es, oh gran rey, tal como dices, oh descendiente de Bharata. En la guerra, lo que se vislumbra por delante es la destrucción del orden guerrero, causada por el arco Gāṇḍīva.»
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sañjaya underscores the ethical and political warning that war does not merely decide claims—it visibly leads to the ruin of the kṣatriya order itself; hence a ruler should restrain wrongdoing and avert catastrophic conflict.
In Udyoga Parva, as tensions move toward the Kurukṣetra war, Sañjaya speaks to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, agreeing with his assessment and emphasizing that Arjuna’s Gāṇḍīva signifies a grim outcome: widespread slaughter of warriors if war proceeds.