Shloka 313
कि तदा न निहंस्येनं भूत्वा पुरुषसत्तम: । जिस समय पराक्रमी भूरिश्रवा तुझे लातसे मारकर धरतीपर घसीट रहे थे, तू बड़ा श्रेष्ठ पुरुष था, तो उसी समय उन्हें क्यों नहीं मार डाला?
ki tadā na nihanyenam bhūtvā puruṣasattamaḥ |
ドリシュタデュムナは言った。「もしお前が真に人中の最勝であったなら、なぜその時に彼を討たなかったのか。勇猛なるブーリシュラヴァスが、お前を蹴り、地を引きずっていたその折に、なぜ殺さなかったのだ？」
धृष्टह्युम्न उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds the tension between valor and restraint: in war, a warrior is judged not only by strength but by timely action and adherence to a code of honor. Dhṛṣṭadyumna challenges the consistency of claiming moral or heroic superiority while failing to respond when directly humiliated and endangered.
Dhṛṣṭadyumna confronts a warrior (implied to be Sātyaki in the surrounding episode) about the Bhūriśravas encounter. He points to the moment when Bhūriśravas physically abused and dragged him, asking why he did not kill Bhūriśravas then—highlighting questions of rightful retaliation and battlefield propriety.