Mahabharata 9.3.493 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 3, Shloka 493
अध्याय ३: कृपस्य दुर्योधनं प्रति नीत्युपदेशः
Kṛpa’s Counsel to Duryodhana
दुर्योधन: स्वकं सैन्यमपश्यद् भृशविक्षतम् | दुर्योधनने देखा कि मेरी सेना अत्यन्त घायल हो रणभूमिसे पलायन करनेका विचार रखकर भाग रही है, परंतु अधिक दूर नहीं गयी है
duryodhanaḥ svakaṃ sainyam apaśyad bhṛśa-vikṣatam |
ଦୁର୍ୟୋଧନ ଦେଖିଲେ ଯେ ତାଙ୍କର ନିଜ ସେନା ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଆହତ; ରଣଭୂମିରୁ ପଳାଇବା ଭାବନା କରି ସେମାନେ ଦୌଡ଼ୁଛନ୍ତି, କିନ୍ତୁ ଏପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଅଧିକ ଦୂର ଯାଇନାହାନ୍ତି।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
When leadership is rooted in unrighteous ambition, the inevitable suffering of war erodes courage and cohesion; even a powerful force can collapse into fear, revealing the moral and practical cost of adharma.
Sañjaya reports that Duryodhana observes his own troops badly wounded and beginning to break away with thoughts of fleeing; they are retreating in panic, though not yet far from the battlefield.
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