Shloka 6
Adhyāya 40 (Book 7, Droṇa-parva): Abhimanyu’s Rapid Advance and Battlefield Disruption
लोभस्य ज्ञाननाशस्य द्रोहस्यात्याहितस्थ च । पितृणां मम राज्यस्य हरणस्योग्रधन्विनाम्
lobhasya jñānanāśasya drohasyātyāhitasya ca | pitṝṇāṁ mama rājyasya haraṇasyogradhanvinām ||
Inilah buah dari ketamakan, lenyapnya kebijaksanaan, pengkhianatan, dan kejahatan yang amat berat; juga dari perampasan kerajaan para leluhurku—para pemanah garang—yang telah direnggut dariku.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links political catastrophe to inner moral failure: greed leads to the loss of right judgment, which in turn enables betrayal and grave wrongdoing—culminating in the unjust seizure of rightful sovereignty.
Sañjaya frames the conflict by naming the causes and consequences behind the war: the Kuru struggle is presented as arising from greed and treachery, resulting in the usurpation of the ancestral kingdom by formidable warriors.