Shloka 14
अलंबलवधः (Alaṃbala-vadhaḥ) / The Slaying of Alaṃbala and the Advance toward Karṇa
कुलान्तकरणे पापे जातमात्रे सुयोधने । नीयतां परलोकाय साध्वयं कुलपांसन:
kulāntakaraṇe pāpe jātamātre suyodhane | nīyatāṃ paralokāya sādhv ayaṃ kulapāṃsanaḥ ||
Si pendosa Suyodhana ini—yang lahir untuk membinasakan garis keturunan—seharusnya sejak lahir telah dikirim ke alam baka; sungguh, dialah debu dan aib bagi keluarganya.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames adharma as socially and spiritually destructive: a single person’s sinful disposition can threaten the continuity and honor of an entire lineage, and such wrongdoing is portrayed as warranting the severest moral judgment.
Sañjaya reports a harsh denunciation of Suyodhana (Duryodhana), calling him a lineage-ruiner and family disgrace, asserting that he ought to have been removed from life even at birth—an expression of the perceived catastrophic consequences of his actions in the war.