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 ||
សញ្ជ័យបាននិយាយថា៖ ដោយបានបោះបង់អំពើបាប—ដូចពស់បោះស្បែកចាស់ដែលមិនអាចជាប់នឹងរាងកាយបានទៀត—អជាតសត្រូវ វីរបុរស យុធិស្ឋិរ បញ្ចេញពន្លឺរុងរឿង។ ដោយទម្លាក់បន្ទុកកំហុសឲ្យធ្លាក់លើព្រះអង្គ ហើយត្រឡប់ទៅកាន់វិន័យធម៌ដ៏មាំមួនរបស់ខ្លួន គាត់ក៏រុងរឿងក្នុងគុណធម៌ដើមកំណើតរបស់គាត់។
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.