Shloka 57
संजय उवाच धर्मार्थसहितं वाक््यं श्रुत्वा हितमनामयम् | नारोचयत पुत्रस्ते मुमूर्षरिव भेषजम्
sañjaya uvāca dharmārthasahitaṃ vākyaṃ śrutvā hitamanāmayam | nārocayat putras te mumūrṣur iva bheṣajam ||
Sañjaya dit : Ô roi, de même qu’un homme aux portes de la mort ne trouve aucun remède agréable, de même ton fils n’approuva pas les paroles du grand Bhīṣma, fondées sur le dharma et l’intérêt, entièrement salutaires et sans faute.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even flawless, welfare-oriented counsel rooted in dharma and sound policy can be rejected by a person dominated by stubbornness and impending self-destruction; moral truth does not automatically persuade a mind unwilling to be healed.
Sanjaya reports to King Dhritarashtra that Bhishma offered a blameless and beneficial admonition, but Dhritarashtra’s son (Duryodhana) disliked it—likened to a dying man who cannot accept medicine—signaling Duryodhana’s resistance to corrective guidance as war approaches.