Shloka 266
दिष्टया न विमतिं कांचिद् भजित्वा तु पराजित: । /हर्षकी बात है कि मैं युद्धमें पीठ दिखाकर भागा नहीं। निम्नश्रेणीके मनुष्यकी भाँति हार मानकर वैरसे कभी पीछे नहीं हटा तथा कभी किसी दुर्विचारका आश्रय लेकर पराजित नहीं हुआ--यह भी मेरे लिये गौरवकी ही बात है
diṣṭyā na vimatiṁ kāñcid bhajitvā tu parājitaḥ |
Sañjaya disse: “É uma bênção que, embora derrotado, eu não tenha recorrido a nenhuma resolução equivocada. Mesmo na perda, não me abriguei numa rendição ignóbil nem num pensamento tortuoso e censurável—isto também é motivo de honra.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises moral steadiness under failure: even when defeated, one should not adopt ignoble surrender or wrong counsel (vimati). Honor lies in refusing unethical or self-degrading responses to loss.
Sañjaya reflects on a situation of defeat and emphasizes that, despite being overcome, he did not turn to misguided thinking or dishonorable conduct—framing this restraint as a fortunate and praiseworthy outcome.