Shloka 6
भीष्मद्रोणयोर्दुर्योधनं प्रति शान्त्युपदेशः | Bhīṣma and Droṇa’s Counsel to Duryodhana for Pacification
आत्मानं च सहामात्यं॑ सपुत्रभ्रातृबान्धवम् । अहमित्यनया बुद्धया जीविताद् भ्रंशयिष्यसि
ātmānaṃ ca sahāmātyaṃ saputrabhrātṛbāndhavam | aham ity anayā buddhyā jīvitād bhraṃśayiṣyasi ||
ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ດ້ວຍຄວາມຄິດອັນເອກະຕົນ ‘ຂ້ອຍ’—ດ້ວຍປັນຍາທີ່ຖືກອະຫັງການຂັບດັນ—ເຈົ້າຈະນຳໄປສູ່ການສູນເສຍຊີວິດ ບໍ່ແຕ່ຂອງເຈົ້າເອງ ແຕ່ທັງອຳມາດ, ລູກຊາຍ, ພີ່ນ້ອງ ແລະ ຍາດພີ່ນ້ອງຂອງເຈົ້າດ້ວຍ»។
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ego-centered thinking (“aham”) blinds judgment and turns counsel into ruin, causing harm not only to oneself but also to dependents—family and ministers—thereby violating dharma through reckless self-assertion.
In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war counsel and warnings, the narrator Vaiśaṃpāyana reports an admonition that a leader’s stubborn ‘I’-sense will precipitate catastrophic loss of life for himself and those bound to him—ministers, sons, brothers, and relatives.