Shloka 21
Saṃjaya’s Warning to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: Accountability, Alliance-Shift, and the Pāṇḍava Strategic Edge
तव पुत्रो महाराज नानुशोचितुमहसि । द्यूतकाले मया चोक्त विदुरेण च धीमता
tava putro mahārāja nānuśocitum arhasi | dyūtakāle mayā coktaṃ vidureṇa ca dhīmatā ||
ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ມະຫາຣາຊາ, ທ່ານບໍ່ຄວນໂສກເສົ້າເພາະລູກຊາຍຂອງທ່ານ. ໃນຄາວຫຼິ້ນລູກເຕົ໋າ ທັງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ ແລະ ວິທຸຣະ ຜູ້ມີປັນຍາ ໄດ້ກ່າວກັບທ່ານແບບນີ້ແລ້ວ: ຈົ່ງຄວບຄຸມທຸຣະໂຢທະນະ ລູກຊາຍຜູ້ບາບ—ຜູ້ທຳຮ້າຍພວກປານດະວະມາດົນດ້ວຍຄວາມເປັນສັດຕູ ແລະ ຍັງຊັງພວກເຂົາຢູ່ໃນບັດນີ້—ດ້ວຍທຸກວິທີ ພ້ອມທັງພວກພ້ອມພັນຂອງເຂົາ. ຢ່າຕົກລົງໃນຄວາມໂສກນີ້ຊ້ຳໆ».
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler must not indulge blind attachment and repetitive grief; he must act responsibly by restraining wrongdoing—especially when wise counsel has already warned of the consequences.
Sañjaya addresses Dhṛtarāṣṭra, reminding him that during the dice-game both he and Vidura had advised the king to control Duryodhana. He urges Dhṛtarāṣṭra to stop lamenting and instead curb Duryodhana’s hostile conduct toward the Pāṇḍavas.