Shloka 55
Bhīma–Duryodhana Gadāyuddha Saṃkalpa
Resolve for the Mace Duel
युधिछिर उवाच मा भूदियं तव प्रज्ञा कथमेवं सुयोधन । यदाभिमन्युं बहवो जघ्नुर्युधि महारथा:
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | mā bhūd iyaṃ tava prajñā katham evaṃ suyodhana | yadābhimanyuṃ bahavo jaghnur yudhi mahārathāḥ ||
ユディシュティラは言った。「そのような『賢さ』をお前のものとするな——どうしてそんなことが言える、スヨーダナよ。多くの大車戦士が寄り集まって戦場でアビマンニュを討ったとき、なぜ同じ思いがその時お前に起こらなかったのだ。」
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ethical judgment must be consistent: one cannot condemn an act as unrighteous when it is done against oneself while excusing or forgetting the same act when one benefited from it. Yudhiṣṭhira exposes selective morality and calls for accountability in dharma.
Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Suyodhana (Duryodhana) and challenges his present stance by recalling a prior event: Abhimanyu was killed in battle by many great warriors acting together. He asks why Duryodhana did not entertain the same moral concern at that time.