Shloka 13
Aśvatthāmā’s Buddhi-Doctrine and Nocturnal Incursion Resolve (अश्वत्थाम्नः बुद्धिविचारः सौप्तिकसंकल्पश्च)
एकस्मिन्नेव पुरुषे सा सा बुद्धिस्तदा तदा । भवत्यकृतधर्मत्वात् सा तस्यैव न रोचते
ekasminneva puruṣe sā sā buddhistadā tadā | bhavatyakṛtadharmatvāt sā tasyaiva na rocate ||
Sañjaya dit : Chez un seul et même homme, la résolution prend tour à tour telle forme puis telle autre. Parce qu’il n’a pas accompli le dharma, cette résolution même ne se fixe pas sur ce qui est vraiment juste pour lui, et ne trouve pas en lui une approbation durable.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
When dharma is neglected, the mind’s judgment becomes unstable—shifting from one intention to another—and even one’s own conscience cannot fully endorse those choices. Ethical failure produces inner inconsistency and lack of lasting clarity.
Sañjaya comments on a particular person’s wavering resolve: at different moments he forms different plans or judgments, but because his conduct is not grounded in dharma, those intentions do not truly ‘sit right’ with him and fail to gain inner assent.