Shloka 5
Droṇanidhana-anantaraṃ sainya-viṣādaḥ and Karṇa-pravṛttiḥ
After Droṇa’s fall: army despondency and Karṇa’s advance
संजयोऊ5हं क्षितिपते कच्चिदास्ते सुखं भवान् | स्वदोषैरापदं प्राप्य कच्चिन्नाद्य विमुह्मुति,'पृथ्वीनाथ! मैं संजय हूँ। आप सुखसे तो हैं न? अपने ही अपराधोंसे विपत्तिमें पड़कर आज आप मोहित तो नहीं हो रहे हैं?
sañjaya uvāca — ahaṃ kṣitipate kaccid āste sukhaṃ bhavān | svadoṣair āpadaṃ prāpya kaccin nādya vimuhyasi ||
Sañjaya berkata: “Wahai raja bumi, adakah tuanku bersemayam dalam ketenteraman—adakah tuanku sejahtera? Setelah terjerumus ke dalam bencana kerana kesalahan tuanku sendiri, tidakkah tuanku, bahkan pada hari ini, sedang tenggelam dalam khayal dan kesesatan?”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores moral accountability: suffering that arises from one’s own wrongdoing should lead to clarity and self-correction, not further moha (delusion). It also reflects the ethical duty of a counselor/messenger to speak frankly to a ruler about responsibility.
Sañjaya addresses the king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) with a formal inquiry about his well-being, then pointedly reminds him that the present crisis has been brought about by his own side’s faults, asking whether he is still confused despite the consequences.