Shloka 36
Dvaipāyana-hrade Duryodhanasya Māyā — Yudhiṣṭhirasya Dharmoktiḥ (Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 30)
निकृतेस्तस्य पापस्य ते पारं गमनेप्सवः । चारान् सम्प्रेषयामासु: समन्तात् तद्रणाजिरे
sañjaya uvāca |
nikṛtes tasya pāpasya te pāraṃ gamanepsavaḥ |
cārān sampreṣayāmāsuḥ samantāt tad-raṇājire, mahārāja ||
サञ्जयは言った。「大王よ、あの罪深き者の欺きを償い、怨みの彼岸へ渡らんとして、彼らはその戦場の四方八方へ密偵を放った。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral weight of nikṛti (deceit) in war and frames the response as a drive to bring a feud to its 'far shore'—to settle an ethical and emotional debt—while also showing that even righteous aims are pursued through disciplined strategy (spies and reconnaissance).
Sañjaya reports that, intent on answering the opponent’s treachery and concluding their hostility, the warriors dispatched spies in all directions across the battlefield to locate and track the enemy’s position.