Shloka 43
आयसे पुरुषे राजन् भीमसेनजिघांसया । “मैं नहीं मानता कि आपलोग युद्धमें गदाधारी दुर्योधनका सामना करनेमें समर्थ हैं। राजन्! इसने भीमसेनका वध करनेकी इच्छासे उनकी लोहेकी मूर्तिके साथ तेरह वर्षोतक गदायुद्धका अभ्यास किया है,राज्ञापि धृतराष्ट्रेण त्वया चास्मासु यत् कृतम् । समर तद् दुष्कृतं कर्म यद् भूतं वारणावते “दुर्योधन! तूने तथा राजा धृतराष्ट्रने भी हमलोगोंपर जो-जो अत्याचार किया था और वारणावत नगरमें जो कुछ हुआ था, उन सारे पापकर्मोंको याद कर ले
āyase puruṣe rājan bhīmasenajighāṃsayā | rājñāpi dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa tvayā cāsmāsu yat kṛtam | samare tad duṣkṛtaṃ karma yad bhūtaṃ vāraṇāvate ||
Sanjaya said: “O King, with the intent to slay Bhimasena, Duryodhana has practiced mace-fighting for thirteen years against an iron effigy. And, O Duryodhana, remember also the wrongs that were done to us—by King Dhritarashtra and by you—those cruel deeds committed in the past, including what happened at Varanavata. In this battle, those sins now stand before you as the consequences of your own actions.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Deliberate wrongdoing—especially sustained cruelty and injustice—accumulates moral consequence. The verse frames the battlefield not merely as a contest of strength but as a moment where past adharmic acts (such as the Varanavata plot) return as accountability.
Sanjaya describes Duryodhana’s long preparation to kill Bhima, including practice against an iron effigy, and then invokes the memory of earlier atrocities committed by Duryodhana and supported by Dhritarashtra—particularly the events at Varanavata—implying that the present combat is the fruition of those past deeds.