Shloka 40
Droṇa’s Conditional Boon: The Plan to Capture Yudhiṣṭhira (द्रोणेन युधिष्ठिरग्रहणोपायः)
मोहाद् दुर्योधन: कृष्णं यो न वेत्तीह केशवम् | मोहितो दैवयोगेन मृत्युपाशपुरस्कृत:,दुर्योधन मोहवश सच्चिदानन्दस्वरूप भगवान् केशवको नहीं जानता है, वह दैवयोगसे मोहित हो मौतके फंदेमें फँस गया
mohād duryodhanaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ yo na vettīha keśavam | mohito daivayogena mṛtyupāśapuraskṛtaḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana dit : « Aveuglé par l’illusion, Duryodhana ne reconnaît pas ici Kṛṣṇa—Keśava tel qu’il est en vérité. Égaré par les rouages du destin, il s’avance, le nœud de la mort déjà dressé devant lui. »
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Delusion (moha) can make a person fail to recognize truth and divine guidance even when it is directly present. Such blindness, intensified by the momentum of fate (daivayoga), drives one toward self-destruction—symbolized by the 'noose of death' set ahead.
The narrator Vaiśampāyana comments on Duryodhana’s condition: despite Kṛṣṇa being present and acting as a decisive force in the war, Duryodhana cannot comprehend who Kṛṣṇa truly is. This ignorance is portrayed as a fatal delusion leading him onward toward inevitable ruin.