Shloka 86
भाषमाणमकल्याणं शीघ्र हन्यान्नराधमम् । “क्या यहाँ कोई ऐसा पुरुष नहीं है, जो इस प्रकार अभद्रतापूर्ण वचन बोलनेवाले इस पापी नराधमको शीघ्र ही मार डाले
bhāṣamāṇam akalyāṇaṁ śīghraṁ hanyān narādhamam |
Sañjaya said: “Someone should swiftly strike down that vile wretch who is uttering such inauspicious, disgraceful words.” The line conveys moral outrage at speech that violates propriety and dharma, implying that corrupt, harmful utterance in a war-council setting is itself a grave offense demanding immediate restraint.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores that speech is morally consequential: inauspicious, abusive, or dharma-violating words are treated as a serious wrongdoing. The optative ‘hanyāt’ expresses a forceful demand that such harmful speech be immediately checked—reflecting the epic’s emphasis on vāg-dharma (righteous speech) even amid war.
Sañjaya reports a charged moment in the war narrative where someone’s disgraceful, harmful talk provokes condemnation. He voices an urgent call that the offender—described as ‘narādhama’—be swiftly punished/removed, indicating escalating tension and the perceived danger of adharma expressed through words.