Shloka 40
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संजय उवाच तत: शल्य: परिष्वज्य सुतं ते वाक्यमत्रवीत् । दुर्योधनममित्रघ्नं प्रीतो मद्राधिपस्तदा,संजय कहते हैं--महाराज! तब मद्रराज शल्यने प्रसन्न हो आपके पुत्र शत्रुसूदन दुर्योधनको हृदयसे लगाकर कहा
sañjaya uvāca tataḥ śalyaḥ pariṣvajya sutaṃ te vākyam abravīt | duryodhanam amitraghnaṃ prīto madrādhipas tadā ||
ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಆಮೇಲೆ ಮದ್ರಾಧಿಪತಿ ಶಲ್ಯನು ಹೃದಯಪೂರ್ವಕವಾಗಿ ಸಂತೋಷಗೊಂಡು, ನಿನ್ನ ಶತ್ರುಸೂದನ ಪುತ್ರ ದುರ್ಯೋಧನನನ್ನು ಅಪ್ಪಿಕೊಂಡು ಈ ಮಾತುಗಳನ್ನು ಹೇಳಿದನು.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how emotional affirmation and public support among leaders can intensify commitment in war. Ethically, it hints that encouragement is not neutral: it can reinforce a chosen path and thereby share in its consequences, especially when the larger conflict involves contested dharma.
Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that Shalya, king of Madra, warmly embraces Duryodhana and then begins to speak to him. It sets up Shalya’s forthcoming words as counsel or encouragement within the Kaurava camp during the Karna Parva.