Shloka 11
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 126 — Kṛṣṇa’s Indictment of Misrule and the Varuṇa Analogy (कृष्णवाक्यं–धर्मपाशदृष्टान्तः)
किमस्माभि: कृतं तेषां कस्मिन् वा पुनरागसि । धार्रराष्ट्रानू जिघांसन्ति पाण्डवा: सूंजयैः सह,“हमने उनका क्या बिगाड़ा है? वे पाण्डव हमारे किस अपराधपर सूंजयोंके साथ मिलकर हम धृतराष्ट्र-पुत्रोंका वध करना चाहते हैं?
vaiśampāyana uvāca | kim asmābhiḥ kṛtaṃ teṣāṃ kasmin vā punar āgasi | dhārtarāṣṭrān nu jighāṃsanti pāṇḍavāḥ sūñjayaiḥ saha ||
Vaiśampāyana disse: “Que mal lhes fizemos? E em que assunto voltamos a ofender? Por que os Pāṇḍavas, aliados aos Sṛñjayas, desejam matar-nos, a nós, os filhos de Dhṛtarāṣṭra?”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights moral blindness born of self-justification: the speaker frames impending violence as unprovoked, ignoring prior wrongdoing. It underscores how failure to acknowledge one’s own adharma fuels escalation toward war.
In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war negotiations and tensions, the Dhṛtarāṣṭra side voices bewilderment and grievance—asking what offence they supposedly committed—while noting that the Pāṇḍavas, supported by the Sṛñjayas, appear ready to kill the Dhṛtarāṣṭra princes.