Shloka 40
अध्याय ४ — दुर्योधनस्य असंधि-निश्चयः
Duryodhana’s Refusal of Reconciliation
युष्माभिस्तानि चीर्णानि यान्यसाधूनि साधुषु । अकारणकृतान्येव तेषां व: फलमागतम्,'पाण्डव साधुपुरुष हैं तो भी तुमलोगोंने अकारण ही उनके साथ जो बहुत-से अनुचित बर्ताव किये हैं, उन्हींका यह फल तुम्हें मिला है
yuṣmābhis tāni cīrṇāni yāny asādhūni sādhuṣu | akāraṇakṛtāny eva teṣāṃ vaḥ phalam āgatam ||
ಪಾಂಡವರು ಸಜ್ಜನರು; ಆದರೂ ನೀವು ಕಾರಣವಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಅವರ ಮೇಲೆ ಮಾಡಿದ ಅನ್ಯಾಯಕರ ವರ್ತನೆಗಳ ಫಲವೇ ಇದು—ಇಗೋ ನಿಮಗೆ ಬಂದೊದಗಿದೆ.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Unprovoked harm done to the virtuous inevitably returns as suffering to the doer; ethical causality (karma-phala) operates even amid war.
Sanjaya addresses the Kaurava side, pointing out that their present calamity is the direct outcome of earlier unjust conduct toward the Pāṇḍavas, who are characterized as sādhu (righteous).