Shloka 173
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उक्तश्न संज्ञया राजन् मूढ औदरिको यथा । “राजन! बलवान् भीमसेनको भी इसने अपने धनुषकी कोटिसे दबाकर युद्धके लिये प्रेरित किया था और उन्हें मूर्ख, पेटू आदि नामोंसे पुकारा था
uktaś ca saṃjñayā rājan mūḍha audariko yathā |
သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– «အရှင်ဘုရင်၊ သူသည် မထီမဲ့မြင်စကားများဖြင့် သူ့ကို ခေါ်ဆိုခဲ့သည်—‘မိုက်မဲသူ’၊ ‘အစားကြူးသူ’ ဟု၊ ဉာဏ်မရှိ၍ ဝမ်းဗိုက်လိုက်သူကို ကဲ့ရဲ့သကဲ့သို့ပင်»။
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical weight of speech: derisive labeling and contemptuous name-calling are used as weapons, revealing how verbal aggression can degrade dharma and inflame hostility even amid a kṣatriya war.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a warrior is being provoked and demeaned through insulting epithets—‘fool’ and ‘glutton’—a tactic meant to shame, unsettle, and spur him into combat.