Shloka 17
कर्णनिधनवृत्तान्तनिवेदनम् | Reporting Karṇa’s Fall to Yudhiṣṭhira
श्रीकृष्णने कहा--पार्थ! इस समय मैं समझता हूँ कि तुमने वृद्ध पुरुषोंकी सेवा नहीं की है। पुरुषसिंह! इसीलिये तुम्हें बिना अवसरके ही क्रोध आ गया है ।। न हि धर्मविभागज्ञ: कुयदिवं धनंजय । यथा त्वं पाण्डवाद्येह धर्मभीरुरपण्डित:,पाण्डुपुत्र धनंजय! जो धर्मके विभागको जाननेवाला है, वह कभी ऐसा नहीं कर सकता, जैसा कि यहाँ आज तुम करना चाहते हो। वास्तवमें तुम धर्मभीरु होनेके साथ ही बुद्धिहीन भी हो
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca—pārtha! etat kāle ’haṃ manye tvayā vṛddhapuruṣāṇāṃ sevā na kṛtā; puruṣasiṃha! tasmāt tavānupapannam eva krodha āgataḥ. na hi dharmavibhāgajñaḥ kuryād evaṃ dhanaṃjaya, yathā tvam iha adya pāṇḍavādya dharmabhīrur apāṇḍitaḥ. pāṇḍuputra dhanaṃjaya! yo dharmasya vibhāgaṃ jānāti sa kadācit tādṛśaṃ na kuryāt, yathā tvam adya kartum icchasi; satyam eva tvam dharmabhīruḥ san buddhihīnaś ca.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa disse: “Pārtha, neste momento penso que não serviste nem aprendeste com os anciãos. Ó leão entre os homens, por isso a ira te tomou sem ocasião própria. Quem de fato conhece as distinções do dharma jamais faria o que tu pretendes fazer aqui hoje, Dhanañjaya. Filho de Pāṇḍu, temes o dharma, mas ages sem discernimento.”
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Kṛṣṇa stresses that true knowledge of dharma requires discrimination (vibhāga) and training under elders; impulsive anger and rash intent are signs of insufficient ethical discernment, even if one claims to fear wrongdoing.
In the midst of the Karṇa Parva battle context, Kṛṣṇa rebukes Arjuna for an untimely surge of anger and for contemplating an action Kṛṣṇa deems inconsistent with dharma, attributing this lapse to lack of guidance gained through serving elders.