Shloka 37
उद्योगपर्व — गान्धारी-उपदेशः
Udyoga Parva — Gandhārī’s Counsel to Duryodhana
भोजराजस्य वृद्धस्य दुराचारो हाुनात्मवान् । जीवत: पितुरैश्वर्य हृत्वा मृत्युवशं गत:
bhojarājasya vṛddhasya durācāro hātmavān | jīvataḥ pitur aiśvaryaṃ hṛtvā mṛtyuvaśaṃ gataḥ ||
O filho perverso e autodestrutivo do idoso rei dos Bhojas, tendo usurpado o poder real enquanto o pai ainda vivia, acabou por cair sob o domínio da Morte.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Seizing authority unlawfully—especially by dispossessing one’s living father—constitutes grave adharma and becomes self-destructive; such wrongdoing hastens downfall and invites death’s grasp.
Vaiśampāyana reports an example of moral collapse: a wicked son takes the sovereignty from his aged father while the father is still alive, and the usurper subsequently meets death—presented as a cautionary illustration about illegitimate power and its consequences.