Shloka 27
सुप्तं वाथ प्रमत्तं वा यथा हन्याद् विषेण वा
suptaṁ vātha pramattaṁ vā yathā hanyād viṣeṇa vā
ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: «ດັ່ງທີ່ຄົນອາດຈະຟັນລົງຜູ້ທີ່ກໍາລັງນອນ ຫຼືຜູ້ທີ່ເຜີຍໃຈ—ຫຼືກະທັ້ງທໍາລາຍດ້ວຍພິດ—ການຂ້າແບບນັ້ນກໍຖືກເວົ້າເຖິງ…» ເປັນນັຍວ່າເປັນການຂ້າຢ່າງລັບໆທີ່ຄວນຕໍາໜິ ແລະຂັດກັບຈັນຍາບັນນັກຮົບໃນການສູ້ຮົບຢ່າງເປີດເຜີຍ.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that killing someone who is asleep or inattentive—especially by covert means like poison—is ethically blameworthy in the Mahābhārata’s war-ethics framework, contrasting stealthy harm with righteous, face-to-face combat.
Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, uses a comparison: slaying an unguarded person (asleep or careless) or poisoning him exemplifies an underhanded method of killing, invoked to judge or characterize conduct in the unfolding battle context.