Shloka 15
Udyoga Parva, Adhyaya 31 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Instructions to Sañjaya
Peace Appeal and Five-Village Proposal
अजातगशशभत्रुस्तु विहाय पाप॑ं जीर्णा त्वचं सर्प इवासमर्थाम् । विरोचतेडहार्यवृत्तेन वीरो युधिष्ठिरस्त्वयि पापं विसृज्य
sañjaya uvāca | ajātaśatruḥ tu vihāya pāpaṃ jīrṇāṃ tvacaṃ sarpa ivāsamarthām | virocate dhārya-vṛttena vīro yudhiṣṭhiras tvayi pāpaṃ visṛjya ||
サञ्जयは言った。「罪を捨て去り—もはや身にまといつけぬ古い皮を蛇が脱ぎ捨てるように—『無怨（アジャータシャトル）』たる勇士ユディシュティラは燦然と輝く。過ちの重荷を汝の上に落とし、自らの揺るがぬ正しき規範へと立ち返ったとき、彼は本来の徳においていよいよ光彩を放つのだ。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Moral clarity and steadfast right conduct make a person ‘shine’; wrongdoing should be renounced rather than carried forward, and ethical integrity is portrayed as a natural radiance restored when sin is cast off.
Sañjaya describes Yudhiṣṭhira’s renewed moral brilliance: he has abandoned ‘pāpa’ and, by placing the blame/burden of wrongdoing upon the addressed party (‘tvayi’), stands out in his own upholdable righteous conduct, compared to a serpent shedding an old skin.