Shloka 31
Chapter 47: Krauñca-vyūha Deployment and Conch-Signals
Kaurava–Pāṇḍava Readiness
व्यनिन्दश्न॒ तथा सर्वे योधास्तव विशाम्पते । युधिष्ठिरं ससोदर्य सहितं केशवेन हि,प्रजानाथ! आपके वे सब योद्धा भाइयों तथा श्रीकृष्णसहित युधिष्ठिरकी विशेषरूपसे निन््दा करते थे
sañjaya uvāca |
vy-anindaṁs tathā sarve yodhās tava viśāmpate |
yudhiṣṭhiraṁ sa-sodarya-sahitaṁ keśavena hi prajānātha ||
Sanjaya said: O lord of the people, O ruler of men, all your warriors were likewise speaking in blame—censuring Yudhiṣṭhira, together with his brothers, and even with Keśava (Kṛṣṇa) beside him. The scene underscores how, in the heat of war, partisan judgment and moral denunciation are used as weapons, turning ethical critique into a tool of hostility against the opposing side’s leadership and counsel.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how moral language can be weaponized in conflict: warriors condemn the opposing leader (Yudhiṣṭhira) and his allies (his brothers and Kṛṣṇa), showing that blame and denunciation often intensify war by hardening partisan judgments rather than seeking dharmic clarity.
Sanjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Kaurava-side warriors were openly censuring Yudhiṣṭhira—along with his brothers and with Kṛṣṇa—indicating the hostile mood and rhetorical attacks directed at the Pāṇḍava leadership during the Bhīṣma Parva war setting.