Shloka 19
Chapter 59: Baladeva’s Censure, Keśava’s Restraint, and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Moral Accounting
विध्वस्तो5यं हतामात्यो हतभ्राता हतप्रज: । उत्सन्नपिण्डो भ्राता च नैतन्न्याय्यं कृतं त्वया,“इसका सर्वथा विध्वंस हो गया, इसके मन्त्री, भाई और पुत्र भी मार डाले गये। अब इसे पिण्ड देनेवाला भी कोई नहीं रह गया है। इसके सिवा यह हमारा ही भाई है। तुमने इसके साथ यह न्यायोचित बर्ताव नहीं किया है
vidhvasto ’yaṁ hatāmātyo hatabhrātā hataprajaḥ | utsannapiṇḍo bhrātā ca naitannyāyyaṁ kṛtaṁ tvayā ||
ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ଏ ଲୋକଟି ସମ୍ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଭାବେ ବିଧ୍ୱସ୍ତ; ଏହାର ମନ୍ତ୍ରୀ, ଭାଇ ଓ ପୁତ୍ରମାନେ ନିହତ। ଏବେ ଏହାକୁ ପିଣ୍ଡ ଦେବାକୁ ମଧ୍ୟ କେହି ନାହିଁ—ପିଣ୍ଡପରମ୍ପରା ଛିନ୍ନ ହୋଇଗଲା। ତଥାପି ଏ ଆମର ନିଜ ଭାଇ। ତୁମେ ଏହା ସହ ଯାହା କଲ, ତାହା ନ୍ୟାୟସଙ୍ଗତ ନୁହେଁ।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid war, actions are judged by dharma and nyāya: destroying a kinsman’s support-system (ministers, kin, subjects) and cutting off his ritual continuity (piṇḍa/śrāddha) is portrayed as ethically improper, especially when the victim is ‘our own brother’.
Sañjaya reports a moral protest: someone has been thoroughly devastated—his advisers, brother, and people have been killed, leaving him without anyone to perform funeral rites. Sañjaya condemns the deed as unjust and emphasizes the bond of brotherhood.