Shloka 22
शल्यपर्व — चतुर्विंशोऽध्यायः | Śalya Parva, Chapter 24: Disruption of Kaurava Formations and the Elephant Encirclement
“मधुकुलभूषण! भीष्मजीने जो सच्ची और हितकर बात बतायी थी, उसे भी उस बुद्धिहीन दुर्योधनने नहीं माना ।। तस्मिंस्तु तुमुले भीष्मे प्रच्युते धरणीतले । न जाने कारणं कि तु येन युद्धमवर्तत,“तदनन्तर घमासान युद्ध आरम्भ हुआ और उसमें भीष्मजी पृथ्वीपर मार गिराये गये। फिर भी न जाने क्या कारण था, जिससे युद्ध चालू ही रह गया
sañjaya uvāca | madhukula-bhūṣaṇa! bhīṣmeṇa yā satyā hitakarī ca vāk proktā, tām api sa buddhihīno duryodhanaḥ nābhyagṛhṇāt || tasmiṃs tu tumule bhīṣme pracyute dharaṇītale | na jāne kāraṇaṃ kiṃ tu yena yuddham avartata ||
ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ହେ ମଧୁକୁଳଭୂଷଣ! ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଥିବା ସତ୍ୟ ଓ ହିତକର କଥାକୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ବୁଦ୍ଧିହୀନ ଦୁର୍ଯ୍ୟୋଧନ ମାନିଲା ନାହିଁ। ଏବଂ ସେଇ ଭୟଙ୍କର ଘମାସାନ ଯୁଦ୍ଧରେ ଭୀଷ୍ମ ଧରଣୀତଳେ ପତିତ ହେଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ, କେଉଁ କାରଣରୁ ଯୁଦ୍ଧ ଚାଲିରହିଲା—ତାହା ମୁଁ ବୁଝିପାରୁନି।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wise, truthful counsel—even from an elder like Bhīṣma—becomes fruitless when pride and lack of discernment rule; ethical failure (refusing hita-vākya) sustains destructive conflict.
Sañjaya addresses Kṛṣṇa, recalling that Duryodhana ignored Bhīṣma’s beneficial advice; even after Bhīṣma fell in the fierce battle, the war did not stop and Sañjaya expresses bewilderment at the cause for its continuation.