Shloka 6

Saṃjaya’s Warning to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: Accountability, Alliance-Shift, and the Pāṇḍava Strategic Edge

Devanagari script

परुषाण्युच्यमानांश्व पुरा पार्थनुपेक्षसे । कृत्स्नं राज्यं जयन्तीति प्रपातं नानुपश्यसि,उस समय पाण्डवोंके प्रति कितनी ही कठोर बातें कही जा रही थीं, परंतु मेरे पुत्र सारा राज्य जीतते चले जा रहे हैं, यह जानकर आप उनकी उपेक्षा करते जाते थे। यह सब इनके भावी विनाश या पतनका कारण होगा, इसकी ओर आपकी दृष्टि नहीं जाती थी

Transliteration

paruṣāṇy ucyamānāṃś ca purā pārthān upekṣase | kṛtsnaṃ rājyaṃ jayantīti prapātaṃ nānupaśyasi ||

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಹಿಂದೆಯೂ ಪೃಥಾಪುತ್ರರ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಅನೇಕ ಕಠೋರ ಮಾತುಗಳು ಹೇಳಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾಗ, ‘ನನ್ನ ಪುತ್ರರು ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ರಾಜ್ಯವನ್ನು ಜಯಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ’ ಎಂದು ಭಾವಿಸಿ ನೀವು ಅವರನ್ನು ನಿರ್ಲಕ್ಷ್ಯ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದಿರಿ. ಇದೇ ಮನೋಭಾವವೇ ಅವರನ್ನು ಮುಂದಿನ ನಾಶ ಮತ್ತು ಪತನದ ಅಂಚಿಗೆ ಕೊಂಡೊಯ್ಯುತ್ತಿದೆ ಎಂಬುದನ್ನು ನೀವು ಕಾಣಲಿಲ್ಲ।

Word by Word

{'paruṣāṇi''harsh, cruel (words/utterances)', 'ucyamānān': 'being spoken, being uttered', 'ca': 'and', 'purā': 'formerly, earlier', 'pārthān': 'the sons of Pṛthā

the Pāṇḍavas', 'upekṣase''you disregard, overlook, treat with indifference', 'kṛtsnam': 'entire, whole', 'rājyam': 'kingdom, sovereignty', 'jayanti': 'they conquer, they win', 'iti': 'thus, thinking/quoting', 'prapātam': 'a precipice

downfall, ruin', 'na anupaśyasi (nānupaśyasi)''you do not foresee, you do not perceive'}

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Pāṇḍavas (Pārthas)

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied addressee)

Kauravas (implied as 'my sons')

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Indifference to injustice—especially when fueled by pride in one’s side ‘winning’—creates moral blindness. Such blindness prevents one from seeing the approaching ‘prapāta’ (downfall) that arises from adharma and arrogance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya addresses Dhṛtarāṣṭra, recalling how he ignored the insults and harsh treatment directed at the Pāṇḍavas because he was pleased that his own sons were gaining power. Sanjaya warns that this complacency and partiality is itself a cause of the Kauravas’ impending ruin.