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Shloka 2736

आकेशाग्रान्नखाग्राच्च वक्तव्यो वक्तुमिच्छसि । तू स्वयं ही दुराचारी, नीच और पापपूर्ण विचार रखनेवाला है। नखसे शिखातक पापमें डूबा होनेके कारण निन्दाके योग्य है, तथापि दूसरोंकी निन्‍्दा करना चाहता है

ākeśāgrān nakhāgrāc ca vaktavyo vaktum icchasi | tvaṃ svayaṃ hi durācārī nīcaḥ pāpapūrṇa-vicāraḥ | nakhāt śikhāntakaṃ pāpe nimagno nindya eva tathāpi parān ninditum icchasi ||

ドリシュタデュムナは言った。「髪の先から爪の先に至るまで、汝は非難されて然るべき者だ――それでもなお他者を裁こうとする。汝自身こそ行いは腐り、性は卑しく、罪の企てに満ちている。爪から頂まで悪に沈みながら、咎められるべきは汝であるのに、なお人を咎め立てしようとするのか。」

up to, as far as
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
केशाग्रात्from the tip of the hair
केशाग्रात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootकेशाग्र
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
नखाग्रात्from the tip of the nail
नखाग्रात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootनखाग्र
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
वक्तव्यःto be spoken / fit to be called
वक्तव्यः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवक्तव्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वक्तुम्to speak
वक्तुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormInfinitive (tumun)
इच्छसिyou desire
इच्छसि:
TypeVerb
Rootइष्
FormPresent, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

धृष्टह्युम्न उवाच

D
Dhṛṣṭadyumna

Educational Q&A

The verse condemns hypocrisy: one who is morally compromised throughout has no ethical standing to judge others. It emphasizes that criticism should be grounded in one’s own integrity and right conduct (ācāra).

In the heated exchanges of the Drona Parva battlefield setting, Dhṛṣṭadyumna rebukes an opponent’s attempt to lecture or blame others, turning the accusation back by highlighting the opponent’s pervasive wrongdoing and blameworthy character.