Shloka 40
अध्याय ४ — दुर्योधनस्य असंधि-निश्चयः
Duryodhana’s Refusal of Reconciliation
युष्माभिस्तानि चीर्णानि यान्यसाधूनि साधुषु । अकारणकृतान्येव तेषां व: फलमागतम्
yuṣmābhis tāni cīrṇāni yāny asādhūni sādhuṣu | akāraṇakṛtāny eva teṣāṃ vaḥ phalam āgatam ||
Sañjaya dit : Les actes iniques que vous avez commis contre les justes—sans aucune cause légitime—vous reviennent maintenant comme leur conséquence inévitable. Puisque les Pāṇḍava sont des hommes de vertu, votre conduite fautive et sans provocation à leur égard a mûri en ce résultat même que vous subissez.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Unprovoked harm done to the virtuous inevitably returns as suffering to the doer; ethical causality (karma-phala) operates even amid war.
Sanjaya addresses the Kaurava side, pointing out that their present calamity is the direct outcome of earlier unjust conduct toward the Pāṇḍavas, who are characterized as sādhu (righteous).