Shloka 48
अध्याय ८ — शल्यस्य सत्कारः, वरदानं, पाण्डवसमागमश्च (Śalya’s Reception, the Boon, and Meeting the Pāṇḍavas)
यथा स हृतदर्पश्न हृततेजाश्न पाण्डव । भविष्यति सुखं हन्तुं सत्यमेतद् ब्रवीमि ते
yathā sa hṛta-darpaś ca hṛta-tejāś ca pāṇḍava | bhaviṣyati sukhaṁ hantuṁ satyam etad bravīmi te ||
シャリヤは言った。「パーンドゥの子よ、これを真実として告げる。カルナが戦場でアルジュナとの戦いを切望する時、私は彼に逆らい害となる言葉を語り、彼の驕りと輝きを砕く。そうすれば、戦において彼は容易く討ち倒されよう。」
शल्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how pride and perceived brilliance can be strategically undermined; it raises an ethical tension in dharma-yuddha: victory may be pursued not only by weapons but by breaking an opponent’s morale, prompting reflection on the limits of righteous conduct in war.
Śalya tells a Pāṇḍava that when Karṇa seeks to fight Arjuna, Śalya will deliberately speak discouraging, adverse words to Karṇa, aiming to shatter his confidence and vigor so that he can be slain more easily in battle.