Shloka 136
को वा समयके त्तारं बुध: सम्मन्तुमर्हति । “छलसे विजय पाकर किसी सत्त्वगुणी या शक्तिशाली पुरुषको क्या प्रसन्नता होगी? अथवा जो युद्धके नियमको भंग कर देता है, उसका सम्मान कौन विद्वान् कर सकता है?
ko vā samayakettāraṁ budhaḥ sammantuṁ arhati | chalase vijayaṁ prāpya kasya sattvaguṇī vā śaktimān puruṣo bhavet prītaḥ | athavā yo yuddhasya niyamān bhaṅkte tasya sammānaṁ kaḥ vidvān kartum arhati ||
Disse Sañjaya: “Quem, afinal, um sábio consideraria digno de honra—aquele que viola as regras de combate acordadas? Tendo alcançado a vitória por meio do engano, que satisfação poderia sentir um homem verdadeiramente virtuoso ou poderoso? E se alguém rompe as leis da guerra, que erudito poderia respeitá-lo com justiça?”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Victory gained through deceit and by breaking agreed rules of war is ethically hollow; the wise do not honor a transgressor of dharma, because true glory depends on righteous means, not merely on outcomes.
Sañjaya comments on the moral evaluation of conduct in battle, stressing that learned people cannot respect someone who violates the established conventions of warfare, even if such conduct leads to victory.