Shloka 8
द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय 128: दुर्योधनस्य परसेनाप्रवेशः
Duryodhana’s Incursion and the Tumult of Battle
नाध्यगच्छत् तदा शान्तिं तावपश्यन् नरोत्तमौ | लोकोपक्रोशभीरुत्वाद् धर्मराजो महामना:
nādhygacchat tadā śāntiṁ tāv apaśyan narottamau | lokopakrośabhīrutvād dharmarājo mahāmanāḥ ||
Sañjaya dit : Alors, le magnanime Dharmarāja, craignant les clameurs et les reproches du peuple, ne put trouver la paix de l’esprit tant qu’il continuait de voir devant lui ces deux meilleurs des hommes.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even a righteous ruler may be shaken when dharma is weighed against social accountability: fear of public blame and the moral pressure of witnessing exemplary persons can disturb inner peace, showing how conscience and public responsibility shape ethical decision-making.
Sañjaya reports that Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja) is mentally unsettled. Because he fears the people’s reproach, and because he keeps seeing “those two best of men” before him, he cannot find calm—indicating a moment of intense moral and political anxiety amid the war’s events.