Shloka 16
भीष्मरक्षण-प्रकरणम् / The Protective Screen around Bhīṣma and the Śalya–Yudhiṣṭhira Clash
उक्तोडसि बहुशो राजन् नारदाद्यर्महर्षिभि: । त्वं तु मोहान्न जानीषे वाच्यावाच्यं सुयोधन,“राजन! सुयोधन! यह बात नारद आदि महर्षियोंने तुमसे कई बार कही है, परंतु तुम मोहवश कहने और न कहनेयोग्य बातको समझते ही नहीं हो
ukto ’si bahuśo rājan nāradādyair maharṣibhiḥ | tvaṃ tu mohān na jānīṣe vācyāvācyaṃ suyodhana ||
രാജാവേ! നാരദാദി മഹർഷിമാർ ഈ കാര്യം നിന്നോട് പലവട്ടം പറഞ്ഞിട്ടുണ്ട്; എങ്കിലും ഹേ സുയോധന, മോഹം മൂലം പറയേണ്ടതും പറയരുതാത്തതും നീ തിരിച്ചറിയുന്നില്ല.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Repeated wise counsel is useless if one is overcome by moha (delusion). Ethical discernment includes knowing what is fit to say (vācya) and what is unfit to say (avācya), especially for a ruler whose words shape action and conflict.
Sañjaya rebukes Suyodhana (Duryodhana), reminding him that sages like Nārada have warned him many times. Despite these admonitions, Duryodhana remains deluded and fails to distinguish proper from improper speech—signaling his moral obstinacy in the lead-up to war.