Shloka 63
अथवा फाल्गुन: सर्वान् वारयिष्यति संयुगे,सबाष्पमतिनि:श्वस्य धिग् धिगित्येव चाब्रवीत् । संजयने कहा--प्रजानाथ! क्रूरकर्मा ट्रुपदपुत्रकी वे बातें सुनकर वहाँ बैठे हुए सभी नरेश मौन रह गये। केवल अर्जुन टेढ़ी नजरोंसे उसकी ओर देखकर आँसू बहाते हुए दीर्घ निःश्वास ले इतना ही बोले कि--'धिक्कार है! धिक्कार है!!”
athavā phālgunaḥ sarvān vārayiṣyati saṃyuge, sabāṣpamatiniḥśvasya dhig dhigityeva cābravīt |
Sañjaya said: “Or else Phālguna (Arjuna) will restrain them all in the battle.” Then, with tears in his eyes and breathing a long, heavy sigh, he uttered only this: “Shame! Shame!” The moment conveys a moral recoil—Arjuna’s grief and indignation at what he has heard, and his sense that the course of action being spoken of is reprehensible even amid war.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in a righteous war, not every proposed act is acceptable; the exclamation “dhik dhik” signals ethical revulsion and the demand that conduct remain bounded by dharma, with inner conscience reacting sharply to cruelty or impropriety.
Sañjaya reports that Arjuna (Phālguna) could restrain everyone on the battlefield; hearing the preceding words, Arjuna looks on with tears, sighs deeply, and condemns the matter with the cry “Shame! Shame!”