Shloka 40
शल्यपर्व — चतुर्विंशोऽध्यायः | Śalya Parva, Chapter 24: Disruption of Kaurava Formations and the Elephant Encirclement
यावत् प्राणा धरिष्यन्ति धार्तराष्ट्रस्य दुर्मते: । तावद् युष्मास्वपापेषु प्रचरिष्यति पापकम्,“दुर्बुद्धि दुर्योधनके प्राण जबतक शरीरमें स्थित रहेंगे, तबतक तुम निष्पाप बन्धुओंपर भी वह पापपूर्ण बर्ताव ही करता रहेगा
yāvat prāṇā dhariṣyanti dhārtarāṣṭrasya durmateḥ | tāvad yuṣmāsv apāpeṣu pracariṣyati pāpakam ||
Sañjaya berkata: “Selagi nafas hayat masih tinggal pada putera Dhritarashtra yang berakal jahat itu, selagi itulah dia akan terus berbuat dosa—bahkan terhadap kamu saudara-saudara yang tidak bersalah.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
A person fixed in durmati (perverse, unethical resolve) tends to persist in pāpaka (harmful, sinful conduct) as long as the underlying disposition remains unchanged; moral purity in others (apāpa) does not by itself reform such a person.
Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, characterizes Duryodhana as incorrigibly evil-minded and warns that he will continue wrongful behavior even toward the blameless Pāṇḍava brothers for as long as he lives.