Shloka 9
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Inquiry and Sañjaya’s Etymologies of Kṛṣṇa’s Names
Puruṣottama-nāma-nirvacana
गान्धायुवाच ऐश्वर्यकाम दुष्टात्मन् वृद्धानां शासनातिग । ऐश्वर्यजीविते हित्वा पितरं मां च बालिश
gāndhāry uvāca—aiśvaryakāma duṣṭātman vṛddhānāṃ śāsanātiga | aiśvaryajīvite hitvā pitaraṃ māṃ ca bāliśa, śatrūṇāṃ prītivardhanaṃ mama śokavivardhanam | yadā tvaṃ bhīmasenasya hastair nihato bhaviṣyasi tadā te pituḥ vacanāni smariṣyasi ||
ຄັນທາຣີກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ດຸຣະໂຍທະນະ, ຜູ້ປາຖະໜາອໍານາດ ແລະມີໃຈຊົ່ວ, ເຈົ້າລະເມີດຄໍາສັ່ງຂອງຜູ້ເຖົ້າຜູ້ແກ່. ຜູ້ໂງ່! ເຈົ້າຍຶດຕິດກັບລາຊະອໍານາດແລະຊີວິດ ຈົນທິ້ງພໍ່ ແລະທິ້ງຂ້ອຍ—ແມ່ຂອງເຈົ້າ—ເພີ່ມຄວາມຍິນດີໃຫ້ສັດຕູ ແລະເພີ່ມຄວາມໂສກໃຫ້ຂ້ອຍ. ເມື່ອເຈົ້າຖືກພີມະເສນະສັງຫານດ້ວຍມືຂອງລາວ ເຈົ້າຈຶ່ງຈະນຶກຖຶງຄໍາຂອງພໍ່».
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Craving for power that disregards elders’ counsel and moral restraint leads to ruin; true welfare lies in heeding dharmic guidance, not in pursuing sovereignty at the cost of family, conscience, and social order.
Gandhari admonishes her son Duryodhana for violating the instructions of elders (especially Dhritarashtra’s counsel), warning that his obstinacy will increase the enemies’ joy and her sorrow, and foretelling that he will be slain by Bhima—after which he will finally recall his father’s words.