Mahabharata 7.11.43 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 11, Shloka 43
Droṇa’s Conditional Boon: The Plan to Capture Yudhiṣṭhira (द्रोणेन युधिष्ठिरग्रहणोपायः)
युगस्येव विपर्यासो लोकानामिव मोहनम्
yugasy eva viparyāso lokānām iva mohanam
मानो युग-धर्म का ही उलटफेर हो गया हो—और लोकों पर मोह छा गया हो।
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The verse highlights how extreme violence and collective passion can invert moral and social order: discernment (viveka) is clouded, and people fall into moha (delusion). It warns that when dharma is obscured, society experiences a yuga-like reversal where right and wrong appear confused.
Vaiśampāyana, as narrator, describes the battlefield situation in Drona Parva as producing a world-upending effect—events unfold with such intensity that it feels like an age has turned upside down, leaving people stunned and bewildered.
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