Shloka 22
भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ११०: पार्थभीमयोः प्रहारः तथा भीष्माभिमुखं संग्रामविस्तारः
Arjuna and Bhima’s pressure; escalation toward Bhishma
मत्कृते भ्रातृसौहार्दाद् राज्य भ्रष्टा वनं गता: । परिक्लिष्टा तथा कृष्णा मत्कृते मधुसूदन,“मधुसूदन! मेरे लिये भ्रातृस्नेहवश ये भाई राज्यसे वंचित हुए और वनमें भी गये। मेरे ही कारण कृष्णाको भरी सभामें अपमानका कष्ट भोगना पड़ा
matkṛte bhrātṛ-sauhārdād rājya-bhraṣṭā vanaṃ gatāḥ | parikliṣṭā tathā kṛṣṇā matkṛte madhusūdana ||
Disse Sañjaya: “Por minha causa—por afeição fraterna—estes irmãos foram privados do reino e foram para a floresta. E por minha causa também, Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī) teve de suportar humilhação e angústia em plena assembleia, ó Madhusūdana.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights moral accountability: one should recognize how personal choices and attachments can cause harm to others. It frames ethical remorse—acknowledging that loyalty or partiality can lead to injustice (loss of kingdom, exile) and the suffering of the innocent (Draupadī’s humiliation).
Sañjaya reports a lament-like statement addressed to Kṛṣṇa (Madhusūdana), confessing that ‘because of me’ the brothers (the Pāṇḍavas) lost their kingdom and went to the forest, and Draupadī suffered humiliation in the royal assembly—recalling the chain of events that culminates in the Kurukṣetra war.