Shloka 8
द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय 128: दुर्योधनस्य परसेनाप्रवेशः
Duryodhana’s Incursion and the Tumult of Battle
नाध्यगच्छत् तदा शान्तिं तावपश्यन् नरोत्तमौ | लोकोपक्रोशभीरुत्वाद् धर्मराजो महामना:
nādhygacchat tadā śāntiṁ tāv apaśyan narottamau | lokopakrośabhīrutvād dharmarājo mahāmanāḥ ||
サンジャヤは言った。「そのとき大心の法王は、世の非難と人々の叫びを恐れ、目の前にあの二人の最上の男たちを見ているかぎり、心の安らぎを得ることができなかった。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even a righteous ruler may be shaken when dharma is weighed against social accountability: fear of public blame and the moral pressure of witnessing exemplary persons can disturb inner peace, showing how conscience and public responsibility shape ethical decision-making.
Sañjaya reports that Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja) is mentally unsettled. Because he fears the people’s reproach, and because he keeps seeing “those two best of men” before him, he cannot find calm—indicating a moment of intense moral and political anxiety amid the war’s events.