Shloka 18
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय २५: संजयदूतवाक्यम्
Sañjaya’s Envoy-Speech on Peace
तदर्थलुब्धस्य निबोध मेडद्य ये मन्त्रिणो धार्तराष्ट्रस्य सूत । दुःशासन: शकुनि:ः सूतपुत्रो गावल्गणे पश्य सम्मोहमस्य
tadarthalubdhasya nibodha medad ye mantriṇo dhārtarāṣṭrasya sūta | duḥśāsanaḥ śakuniḥ sūtaputro gāvalgaṇe paśya sammohaṁ asya ||
サンジャヤは言った。「おおスータよ、よく心得よ。利得に貪るドリタラーシュトラの子の顧問とは、まさにこの者たちである。ドゥフシャーサナ、シャクニ、そして御者の子カルナ——これらが彼の大臣だ。おおガーヴァルガナよ、彼を覆う迷妄を見よ。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how greed for gain (artha-lobha) and delusion (moha) distort judgment in leadership, especially when a ruler surrounds himself with counsellors who reinforce unethical aims rather than restrain them.
Sañjaya identifies Duryodhana’s key advisers—Duḥśāsana, Śakuni, and Karṇa—and characterizes Duryodhana as driven by greed, urging the listener to recognize the deluded mindset shaping the Kaurava party’s decisions.