Shloka 12
उद्योगपर्व — गान्धारी-उपदेशः
Udyoga Parva — Gandhārī’s Counsel to Duryodhana
नृशंसानामनार्याणां पुरुषाणां च भाषणम् । कर्णदु:शासनाभ्यां च त्वया च बहुश: कृतम्,“दुर्योधन! तूने कर्ण और दुःशासनके साथ अनेक बार निर्दयी तथा अनार्य पुरुषोंकी-सी बातें कही हैं
nṛśaṃsānām anāryāṇāṃ puruṣāṇāṃ ca bhāṣaṇam | karṇa-duḥśāsanābhyāṃ ca tvayā ca bahuśaḥ kṛtam ||
ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပါယနက ပြောသည်– “သင်သည် ကရ္ဏနှင့် ဒုရှာသနတို့နှင့်အတူ ရက်စက်၍ မအရိယသဘောရှိသော လူတို့ပြောသကဲ့သို့သော စကားများကို အကြိမ်ကြိမ် ထပ်တလဲလဲ ပြောခဲ့သည်။”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse condemns cruel and ignoble speech as a moral failing. It implies that words are ethical actions: repeated harsh, adharma-aligned talk—especially in bad company—reveals and reinforces unrighteous character.
In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war negotiations and recriminations, Duryodhana is censured for repeatedly speaking in a cruel, un-ārya manner, influenced and accompanied by Karṇa and Duḥśāsana—highlighting the Kaurava camp’s escalating hostility before war.