Shloka 10
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Remorse and Vyāsa’s Teaching on Impermanence (Śoka-nivāraṇa)
येन चोग्रायुधो राजा चक्रवर्ती दुरासद: । दग्धश्नास्त्रप्रतापेन स मया युधि घातित:
yena cogrāyudho rājā cakravartī durāsadaḥ | dagdhāśnās-tra-pratāpena sa mayā yudhi ghātitaḥ ||
ユディシュティラは言った。「抗しがたい武威によって、征服し難き転輪王ウグラーユダを、武器の威光で焼き伏せ従わせたその人——その者を、私は戦場で死なせてしまった。かかる功業を思い起こすたび、我が胸は悔恨で重くなる。あれほどの大英雄が、この戦の成り行きの中で倒れたのだから。」
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when war is fought under the banner of dharma, its outcomes can burden the conscience. Yudhiṣṭhira highlights the moral weight of causing the death of a mighty person, underscoring that righteous ends do not erase the human cost of violence.
In Śānti Parva, Yudhiṣṭhira reflects on the devastation of the Kurukṣetra war. Here he recalls a warrior renowned for overpowering the formidable emperor Ugrāyudha, and laments that he himself became the cause of that warrior’s death in battle.