Shloka 6
Nakula’s Adaptive Counsel to Kṛṣṇa in the Kuru Assembly (उद्योगपर्व, अध्याय ७८)
सहि धर्म च लोकं च त्यक्त्वा चरति दुर्मति:
sa hi dharmaṃ ca lokaṃ ca tyaktvā carati durmatiḥ
तो दुर्मति पुरुष धर्म आणि लोकलज्जा—दोन्ही टाकून देऊन—मग मनमानी वागतो.
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Arjuna asserts that an ill-minded person who abandons dharma also abandons accountability to society (loka). Ethical life requires both inner commitment to righteousness and outward responsibility within the social-moral order; rejecting both results in unchecked, harmful conduct.
In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war deliberations, Arjuna speaks critically about a person whose judgment has become corrupted. He characterizes such a figure as one who discards righteous duty and social restraint, thereby acting recklessly—an assessment aligned with the escalating moral crisis preceding the Kurukṣetra war.