Shloka 423
कर्णेन व्यूहविधानम् — Karṇa’s Battle Formation and the Pāṇḍava Counter-Plan
Adhyāya 31
वशे पापीयसो धत्ते तत् पापमधरोत्तरम् । जो पुरुष प्रेमवश अपने पास आकर अपनी आज्ञाके अधीन रहनेवाले किसी श्रेष्ठतम पुरुषको नीचतम मनुष्यके अधीन कर देता है, उसे उच्चको नीच और नीचको उच्च करनेका महान् पाप लगता है
vaśe pāpīyaso dhatte tat pāpam adharottaram | yo puruṣaḥ premavaśaḥ svam upetya svājñādhīnaṃ sthitaṃ kañcid śreṣṭhatamaṃ puruṣam nīcatama-puruṣādhīnaṃ karoti, tasya uccaṃ nīcaṃ ca nīcam uccaṃ ca kartum mahad pāpam iti manyate |
シャリヤは宣言した。卑しき影響に屈することは、重く、しかも秩序を転倒させる罪である。もし愛着や偏りのために、人が真に優れた者—信をもって身を寄せ、その命の下に生きる者—を取り、卑しい者の支配に置くなら、その者は大いなる道義の過ちを負う。すなわち、高きを低くし、低きを高くするという罪である。
शल्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Do not let attachment or favoritism overturn rightful order and merit. Making a superior person serve an inferior—especially one who has come in trust and obedience—is a serious ethical violation because it corrupts justice and proper governance.
Śalya is delivering a moral admonition within the Karṇa Parva context, criticizing decisions driven by personal bias that degrade worthy individuals and elevate the unworthy, framing this as a grave form of adharma.