Mahabharata 7.200.173 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 200, Shloka 173
नान्य: पाज्चाल्यपुत्रेभ्यो विद्यते भुवि पापकृत् *वास्तवमें भीष्मका वध करनेवाला भी तेरा महान् पापाचारी भाई ही है। इस पृथ्वीपर पांचालराजके पुत्रोंके सिवा दूसरा कोई ऐसा पाप करनेवाला नहीं है
nānyaḥ pāñcālyaputrebhyo vidyate bhuvi pāpakṛt
Sañjaya dit : Sur cette terre, nul autre pécheur—nul autre auteur d’un forfait si abominable—n’existe en dehors des fils de Pāñcālī. Cette parole présente la mise à mort comme une faute morale d’une extrême gravité, et en concentre le blâme sur ce seul groupe.
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The verse underscores moral accountability in war: certain acts are judged as intrinsically sinful (pāpa), and responsibility is not diluted—Sañjaya singles out the specific perpetrators as uniquely blameworthy.
Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, condemns a particular grievous killing and asserts that no one on earth, except the sons of Pāñcālī (Draupadī), could be called the perpetrator of such a sin.
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