Shloka 12
Aśvatthāmā’s Buddhi-Doctrine and Nocturnal Incursion Resolve (अश्वत्थाम्नः बुद्धिविचारः सौप्तिकसंकल्पश्च)
व्यसनं वा महाघोरं समृद्धि चापि तादृशीम् । अवाप्य पुरुषो भोज कुरुते बुद्धिवैकृतम्
vyasanaṃ vā mahāghoraṃ samṛddhiṃ cāpi tādṛśīm | avāpya puruṣo bhoja kurute buddhivaikṛtam ||
サञ्जयは言った。「おお、ボージャよ。人がこの上なく恐ろしい災厄に陥るとき、あるいはそれに等しい大いなる繁栄を得るとき——その苦難や成功に直面すると——その理解は歪む。災厄の後には悲しみが起こり、繁栄の後には喜びが起こるのだ。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Extreme misfortune and extreme prosperity both disturb discernment: calamity tends to generate grief and prosperity tends to generate elation, and these emotional surges can warp judgment.
Sañjaya addresses “Bhoja” and comments on how human intellect becomes unsettled when confronted with severe crisis or great success—an observation that frames the emotional and moral turbulence surrounding the events of the Sauptika Parva.