Shloka 57
Droṇa’s Ācārya-Dakṣiṇā: Capture of Drupada and Division of Pāñcāla (द्रोण-आचार्यदक्षिणा)
ततो<स्य दश्यमानस्य तद् विषं कालकूटकम् | हतं सर्पविषेणैव स्थावरं जड़मेन तु,उनके द्वारा डँसे जानेसे कालकूट विषका प्रभाव नष्ट हो गया। सर्पोंके जंगम विषने खाये हुए स्थावर विषको हर लिया
tato 'sya daśyamānasya tad viṣaṃ kālakūṭakam | hataṃ sarpaviṣaiṇāiva sthāvaraṃ jaḍamena tu |
ໄວສຳປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ໃນຂະນະທີ່ເຂົາຖືກກັດ ພິດກາລະກູດະທີ່ຢູ່ໃນຕົວເຂົາ ກໍຖືກທຳລາຍແລະຖືກລົບລ້າງ. ພິດທີ່ເຄື່ອນໄຫວຂອງນາກ ໄດ້ຊະນະແລະກຳຈັດພິດທີ່ນິ່ງສະຖິດ—ດັ່ງນັ້ນອຳນາດຮ້າຍຂອງພິດຈຶ່ງຖືກຖອນອອກໂດຍພິດຕ້ານທີ່ແຮງກວ່າ.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how consequences can be altered by countervailing forces: even a deadly condition may be checked by an opposing agency. Ethically, it underscores the Mahābhārata’s recurring motif that outcomes arise from complex interactions rather than a single cause.
A person who had been affected by the terrible Kālakūṭa poison is then bitten by snakes; their venom counteracts and destroys the earlier poison, removing its effect.