Shloka 35
कर्णनिधनवृत्तान्तनिवेदनम् | Reporting Karṇa’s Fall to Yudhiṣṭhira
भवेत् सत्यमवक्तव्यं न वक्तव्यमनुछितम् । सत्यानृते विनिश्चित्य ततो भवति धर्मवित्
bhavet satyam avaktavyaṃ na vaktavyam anucitam | satyānṛte viniścitya tato bhavati dharmavit ||
ພຣະສີກຣິດສະນາຕັດວ່າ: «ບາງຄັ້ງ ສິ່ງໜຶ່ງອາດຈິງຕາມຂໍ້ເທັດ ແຕ່ບໍ່ຄວນເວົ້າ; ແລະສິ່ງທີ່ບໍ່ເໝາະສົມ ບໍ່ຄວນປາກອອກ. ຄວນພິຈາລະນາໃຫ້ແນ່ຊັດກ່ອນລະຫວ່າງຄວາມຈິງແລະຄວາມບໍ່ຈິງ, ແລ້ວຈຶ່ງດຳເນີນຕາມທາງທີ່ໃນຜົນສຸດທ້າຍຮັກສາຄວາມຈິງໃຫ້ຍືນຢູ່. ຜູ້ທີ່ປະພຶດດ້ວຍການແຍກແຍະເຊັ່ນນີ້ ແມ່ນຜູ້ຮູ້ທັນທຳມະແທ້».
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Truthfulness is not merely stating facts; speech must be guided by dharma. A statement may be factually true yet harmful or improper to utter. One should judge truth and untruth with discernment and choose the course whose result upholds righteousness—this practical wisdom marks a dharma-knower.
In the Karṇa Parva context of battlefield counsel, Śrī Kṛṣṇa instructs about ethical speech under crisis: do not speak even ‘truth’ if it is unfit or leads to unrighteous outcomes; instead, decide carefully what truly serves dharma in result.