Shloka 19
तवापि समतिक्रान्तमेतद् गावल्गणे कथम् | एतमर्थ महाबुद्धे यत् त्वया नावबोधित:,परम बुद्धिमान् गवल्गणकुमार! तुम्हारे ध्यानसे यह बात कैसे निकल गयी कि तुमने कर्णको इसके विषयमें कुछ नहीं समझाया
tavāpi samatikrāntam etad gāvalgaṇe katham | etam arthaṃ mahābuddhe yat tvayā nāvabodhitaḥ ||
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “How did this matter escape even your notice, O Gāvalgaṇa? O man of great understanding, how was this point not grasped by you?”
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights accountability in counsel and narration: even a wise advisor can overlook a crucial point, and a ruler must probe carefully when a gap in understanding or communication appears.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra challenges Sañjaya (addressed as Gāvalgaṇa) for having let an important matter slip—questioning how such a point was not understood or conveyed—within the ongoing war-reporting context of the Droṇa Parva.