Shloka 64
दहने यत् सपुत्राया निशि मातुस्तवानघ । द्यूतार्थे यच्च युष्मासु प्रावर्तत सुयोधन:
dahane yat saputrāyā niśi mātus tavānagha | dyūtārthe yac ca yuṣmāsu prāvartata suyodhanaḥ ||
Sañjaya disse: “Ó irrepreensível, a afronta cometida à noite contra tua mãe juntamente com seus filhos, e aquilo que Suyodhana desencadeou contra vós todos por causa do jogo—esses atos…”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse recalls earlier wrongful acts—especially those driven by greed and deceit (the dice-game) and nocturnal violence—highlighting how adharma accumulates and ripens into catastrophic war. It implicitly warns that unethical means used for gain become the seeds of collective ruin.
Sañjaya, reporting to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, points back to the Kauravas’ prior offenses: a night-time outrage connected with the Pāṇḍavas’ mother and her sons, and Duryodhana’s instigation of the dice-game against the Pāṇḍavas. He frames these as antecedent causes behind the present calamity on the battlefield.