Shloka 29
कर्णनिधनवृत्तान्तनिवेदनम् | Reporting Karṇa’s Fall to Yudhiṣṭhira
कुन्तीकुमार! बताओ तो तुम धर्मके सूक्ष्म एवं दुर्बोध स्वरूपका अच्छी तरह विचार किये बिना ही अपने ज्येष्ठ भ्राताका वध करनेके लिये कैसे दौड़ पड़े? ।।
kuntīkumāra! brūhi—dharma-sūkṣmaṃ durbodhaṃ ca svarūpaṃ samyak avicārya kathaṃ tvaṃ jyeṣṭha-bhrātṛ-vadhaṃ kartum dhāvasi? idaṃ dharma-rahasyaṃ ca te vakṣyāmi, pāṇḍava. yad brūyāt tava bhīṣmo hi pāṇḍavo vā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ, viduro vā, yaśasvinī vā kuntī-devī—tad eva te yathāvat pravakṣyāmi. etat samāhita-manāḥ śṛṇu, dhanañjaya.
Kṛṣṇa bersabda: “Wahai putra Kuntī, katakan—bagaimana engkau bergegas hendak membunuh kakak tertuamu tanpa menimbang dengan saksama hakikat dharma yang halus dan sukar dipahami? Wahai Pāṇḍava, akan kujelaskan kepadamu rahasia dharma ini. Apa pun ajaran yang dapat disampaikan Bhīṣma, Yudhiṣṭhira, Vidura, atau Kuntī yang mulia—itulah yang akan kukatakan kepadamu dengan tepat. Dengarkan dengan pikiran terhimpun, wahai Dhanañjaya.”
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is subtle and cannot be acted upon impulsively; before committing an extreme act like killing one’s elder brother, one must reflect deeply and seek the inner principle (rahasya) of dharma as taught by reliable authorities.
Krishna restrains and questions Arjuna’s impulse to slay his eldest brother Yudhishthira, then promises to reveal the ‘secret of dharma’—the same counsel that revered elders (Bhishma, Vidura) and family authorities (Yudhishthira, Kunti) would give—urging Arjuna to listen with a composed mind.