Shloka 293
Aśvatthāman’s Arrow-Screen and the Confrontation with Yudhiṣṭhira (द्रौणि–युधिष्ठिर-संग्रामः)
मद्रके संगतं नास्ति मद्रको हि सदामल: । मद्रनिवासीके साथ न तो वैर करे और न मित्रता ही स्थापित करे, क्योंकि उसमें सौहार्दकी भावना नहीं होती। मद्रनिवासी सदा पापमें ही डूबा रहता है
madrake saṅgataṃ nāsti madrako hi sadāmalaḥ |
カルナは言った。「マドラの者とは真の交わりは成り立たぬ。マドラの民は常に汚れを帯びている。ゆえにマドラの住人とは、怨みを結ぶことも、友を結ぶこともしてはならぬ。彼らには真実の好意の心がなく、つねに悪に沈んでいるからだ。」
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse warns against forming close bonds—whether friendship or enmity—with those portrayed as lacking goodwill and moral steadiness, implying that association should be guided by discernment of character and ethical reliability.
Karna is speaking in the Karna Parva and delivers a harsh, generalized judgement about the people of Madra, using it as counsel about whom to associate with during the tense, conflict-driven circumstances of the war narrative.