Shloka 95
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 47 — Arjuna’s Deterrent Declaration
Sañjaya’s Report
न चेदिदं कर्म नरेन्द्र वन्ध्यं न चेद् भवेत् सुकृतं निष्फलं वा । इदं च तच्चाभिसमीक्ष्य नून॑ पराजयो धार्तराष्ट्रस्य साधु:
sañjaya uvāca |
na ced idaṃ karma narendra vandhyaṃ na ced bhavet sukṛtaṃ niṣphalaṃ vā |
idaṃ ca tac cābhisamīkṣya nūnaṃ parājayo dhārtarāṣṭrasya sādhuḥ ||
ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: «ຂ້າແຕ່ພຣະຣາຊາ, ຖ້າການກະທຳຊົ່ວຂອງມະນຸດບໍ່ເປັນໝັນ ແລະການກະທຳດີບໍ່ເຄີຍຂາດຜົນອັນຄວນໄດ້, ເມື່ອຂ້ອຍໄດ້ພິຈາລະນາຢ່າງລະອຽດທັງການປະພຶດປັດຈຸບັນ ແລະສິ່ງທີ່ເຄີຍເຮັດມາກ່ອນ, ຂ້ອຍກ່າວໄດ້ຢ່າງໝັ້ນໃຈວ່າ ຄວາມພ່າຍແພ້ຂອງລູກຊາຍທຣິຕະຣາສະຕຣະ ເປັນສິ່ງຫຼີກບໍ່ພົ້ນ; ແລະໃນຄວາມພ່າຍແພ້ນັ້ນແຫຼະ ມີຄວາມດີທີ່ແທ້ສຳລັບໂລກ»
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse asserts moral causality: evil actions do not remain fruitless and good actions do not lose their reward. From this principle, Sañjaya infers that Duryodhana’s accumulated wrongdoing must culminate in defeat, which is presented as a salutary outcome for the wider world.
Sañjaya addresses the king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) and, reflecting on Duryodhana’s present and past conduct, predicts the inevitable defeat of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son. The statement functions as a grim ethical prognosis in the lead-up to the great conflict.