Shloka 353
पापानां च त्वमावास: कर्मणां मा पुनर्वद । वृष्णिकूलकलंक! तू ही ऐसे-ऐसे पाप करनेवाला और पाप-कर्मोंका भण्डार है, मैं नहीं। अत: फिर ऐसी बातें मुँहले न निकालना
pāpānāṁ ca tvam āvāsaḥ karmaṇāṁ mā punaḥ vada | vṛṣṇikūlakalaṅka |
Dhṛṣṭadyumna dit : «Tu es la demeure des péchés et le réceptacle des actes impies — ne me parle plus ainsi. Ô tache sur la lignée des Vṛṣṇi ! C’est toi qui commets de tels forfaits et amasses de mauvaises actions, non pas moi ; aussi, que de telles paroles ne sortent plus de ta bouche.»
धृष्टह्युम्न उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse condemns hypocrisy and moral accusation without self-scrutiny: one who is himself a storehouse of wrongdoing should not posture as a judge of another. It also stresses restraint and responsibility in speech—do not repeat slanderous or unethical talk.
In the heated context of the Kurukṣetra war, Dhṛṣṭadyumna delivers a sharp rebuke to an opponent/critic, rejecting blame and turning the charge back: he brands the other as a disgrace to the Vṛṣṇi lineage and warns him not to speak such accusations again.