Shloka 6
शल्यस्य सेनापत्याभ्युपगमः | Śalya’s Acceptance of Command
हेतुकारणसंयुक्त हितं वचनमुत्तमम् । उच्यमानं महाबाहो न मे विप्राग्रय रोचते,“महाबाहो! विप्रवर! आपने युक्ति और कारणोंसे सुसंगत, हितकारक एवं उत्तम बात कही है तो भी वह मुझे अच्छी नहीं लग रही है
hetukāraṇasaṃyuktaṃ hitaṃ vacanam uttamam | ucyamānaṃ mahābāho na me viprāgraya rocate ||
Sañjaya berkata: “Wahai yang berlengan perkasa, wahai Brahmana yang terunggul! Walaupun nasihat yang engkau ucapkan itu beralasan, bersandar pada sebab-musabab, membawa manfaat dan amat mulia, namun ia tidak menyenangkan hatiku.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even advice that is logically sound and ethically beneficial may fail to persuade when the listener’s inner disposition, loyalties, or emotional commitments resist it; discernment involves recognizing this gap between reasoned counsel and acceptance.
Sañjaya reports a response to a Brahmin’s well-argued, welfare-oriented counsel: the addressee acknowledges its excellence and rational grounding but admits it is not agreeable to him, revealing tension between good advice and personal inclination amid the war narrative.