Droṇācārya’s Assessment of the Pāṇḍavas: Nīti, Kāla, and Intelligence (विराटपर्व, अध्याय २६)
अथाग्रजानन्तरज: पापभावानुरागवान् | ज्येष्ठं दुःशासनस्तत्र भ्राता भ्रातरमब्रवीत्,तदनन्तर सदा पापभावनामें अनुरक्त रहनेवाला दुर्योधनसे छोटा भाई दुःशासन अपने बड़े भाईसे बोला--
athāgrajānantara-jaḥ pāpabhāvānurāgavān | jyeṣṭhaṃ duḥśāsanas tatra bhrātā bhrātaram abravīt ||
そのとき、長兄の後に生まれ、つねに罪深い性向に執着する弟ドゥフシャーサナが、その場で兄に語りかけた。物語は、習い性となった道徳の腐敗と血縁の偏りが、有害な進言を生み、アダルマ(adharma)をいっそう深めてゆくことを示している。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
The verse frames Duḥśāsana as driven by pāpa-bhāva (a corrupt moral disposition) and attachment, implying that counsel arising from such inner tendencies leads one’s community—especially family—toward adharma.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Duḥśāsana, Duryodhana’s younger brother, speaks to his elder brother, setting up the content of his advice or provocation in the surrounding passage.