Mahabharata 7.187.33 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 187, Shloka 33
असकृच्छून्यवन्मोहाद् धृतराष्ट्रस्य शुण्वतः । अहं च तात कर्णश्न भ्राता दुःशासनश्ल मे
sañjaya uvāca | asakṛc chūnyavan mohād dhṛtarāṣṭrasya śṛṇvataḥ | ahaṃ ca tāta karṇaś ca bhrātā duḥśāsanaś ca me |
Санджая сказал: «В ослеплении ты снова и снова, с настойчивым нажимом, говорил так, словно находишься в уединении, хотя собрание было полно и Дхритараштра слушал. Ты хвастался: “Отец! Я, Карна и мой брат Духшасана — лишь мы трое вместе на поле брани — перебьём Пандавов”. Я слышал, как ты повторял эту похвальбу на каждом собрании».
संजय उवाच
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The verse highlights how moha (delusion) and pride distort judgment: Duryodhana boasts of certain victory without ethical restraint or realistic appraisal, even in a public assembly before the king. It implicitly warns that arrogance and disregard for counsel lead to ruin, especially in matters of dharma and war.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Duryodhana repeatedly proclaimed—publicly yet as if in private—that he, Karṇa, and Duḥśāsana alone would unite in battle and kill the Pāṇḍavas. Sañjaya frames this as repeated, forceful boasting born of delusion.
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