Shloka 10
भीष्मशिबिरगमनम् — Duryodhana’s Visit to Bhīṣma’s Camp and the Command Appeal
स नागलोके संवृद्धो मात्रा च परिरक्षित: । पितृव्येण परित्यक्तः: पार्थद्वेषाद् दुरात्मना
sa nāgaloke saṁvṛddho mātrā ca parirakṣitaḥ | pitṛvyeṇa parityaktaḥ pārthadveṣād durātmanā ||
Sanjaya berkata: Ia dibesarkan di alam para Nāga, dan ibunya melindunginya di sana dalam segala hal. Namun seorang paman dari pihak ayah yang berhati jahat, karena kebencian kepada Pārtha (Arjuna), menelantarkan anak itu.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how personal hatred can corrupt familial responsibility: abandoning a dependent child out of enmity toward someone else is portrayed as the act of a durātmā (evil-minded person), contrasting protection (rakṣaṇa) with adharma-driven neglect.
Sañjaya explains that a certain child was raised safely in Nāgaloka under his mother’s care, but later a paternal uncle—motivated by hostility toward Arjuna—rejected and abandoned the child.