Mahabharata 9.32.5 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 32, Shloka 5
Bhīma–Duryodhana Gadāyuddha Saṃkalpa
Resolve for the Mace Duel
स तथा तर्ज्यमानस्तु पाण्डुपुत्रैर्विशेषत: । विहीनश् स्वकैर्भुत्यर्निर्जने चावृतो भूशम्
sa tathā tarjyamānas tu pāṇḍuputrair viśeṣataḥ | vihīnaḥ svakaiḥ bhṛtyair nirjane cāvṛto bhūśam ||
ដូច្នេះ ពេលត្រូវបានស្តីបន្ទោសយ៉ាងខ្លាំង—ជាពិសេសដោយកូនប្រុសរបស់បណ្ឌុ—គាត់បានឃើញខ្លួនឯងគ្មានអ្នកបម្រើរបស់ខ្លួនទៀត ហើយត្រូវបានបិទល้อมពីគ្រប់ទិស នៅកន្លែងឯកោ។
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how moral and social standing can collapse under justified reproach: when one is censured for wrongdoing or failure, allies and attendants may fall away, leaving a person exposed and isolated—an ethical warning about the consequences of conduct in public life.
Yudhiṣṭhira describes a figure who is being harshly reprimanded, particularly by the Pāṇḍavas, and who, having lost the support of his own retainers, ends up surrounded in a deserted place—depicting a moment of humiliation and abandonment amid the war’s tensions.
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