Shloka 10
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Remorse and Vyāsa’s Teaching on Impermanence (Śoka-nivāraṇa)
येन चोग्रायुधो राजा चक्रवर्ती दुरासद: । दग्धश्नास्त्रप्रतापेन स मया युधि घातित:
yena cogrāyudho rājā cakravartī durāsadaḥ | dagdhāśnās-tra-pratāpena sa mayā yudhi ghātitaḥ ||
Disse Yudhiṣṭhira: “Aquele por cujo irresistível poder marcial o inconquistável rei Ugrāyudha, soberano do mundo, foi abrasado e subjugado—esse mesmo eu fiz tombar em batalha. Ao recordar tais feitos, meu coração se vê pesado de remorso: que um herói de tal grandeza tenha caído pelo curso desta guerra.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when war is fought under the banner of dharma, its outcomes can burden the conscience. Yudhiṣṭhira highlights the moral weight of causing the death of a mighty person, underscoring that righteous ends do not erase the human cost of violence.
In Śānti Parva, Yudhiṣṭhira reflects on the devastation of the Kurukṣetra war. Here he recalls a warrior renowned for overpowering the formidable emperor Ugrāyudha, and laments that he himself became the cause of that warrior’s death in battle.