Shloka 22
Saṃjaya’s Warning to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: Accountability, Alliance-Shift, and the Pāṇḍava Strategic Edge
यदिदं ते विलपितं पाण्डवान् प्रति भारत | अनीशेनेव राजेन्द्र सर्वमेतन्निरर्थकम्,राजेन्द्र! आपने जो पाण्डवोंके बल-पराक्रमकी चर्चा करके असमर्थकी भाँति विलाप किया है, यह सब व्यर्थ है
yad idaṁ te vilapitaṁ pāṇḍavān prati bhārata | anīśeneva rājendra sarvam etan nirarthakam ||
សញ្ជ័យបាននិយាយថា៖ «ឱ ភារតៈ ការយំសោករបស់ព្រះអង្គចំពោះបណ្ឌវ—ដូចជាមនុស្សអសមត្ថ ឱ ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ—គ្មានអត្ថន័យអ្វីឡើយ; វាជារឿងឥតប្រយោជន៍»។
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Mere lamentation, especially when one still has agency as a ruler, is ethically empty; a king must move from helpless complaint to responsible decision and action aligned with dharma.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra has been speaking anxiously about the Pāṇḍavas’ power and lamenting as if he were helpless; Sañjaya rebukes him, saying such talk is futile.