Shloka 1
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय १२५: दुर्योधनस्य प्रत्युत्तरम्
Duryodhana’s Reply in the Kuru Assembly
वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! धृतराष्ट्रका कथन सुनकर युद्धमें जनसंहारकी सम्भावनासे समान-रूपसे दुःखका अनुभव करनेवाले भीष्म और द्रोणाचार्यने गुरुजनोंकी आज्ञाका उल्लंघन करनेवाले दुर्योधनसे इस प्रकार कहा--
Vaiśampāyana uvāca—Janamejaya! Dhṛtarāṣṭrasya vacanaṃ śrutvā yuddhe janasaṃhārasya sambhāvanayā samāna-rūpeṇa duḥkham anubhavantaḥ Bhīṣmaḥ Droṇācāryaś ca gurujanājñā-laṅghanakāriṇaṃ Duryodhanaṃ prati evam ūcatuḥ—
Вайшампаяна сказал: «О Джанамеджая, выслушав слова Дхритараштры, Бхишма и Дрона — одинаково скорбящие при мысли о возможной бойне на войне — обратились к Дурьодхане, который действовал вопреки повелению старших, и сказали ему так».
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Elders who foresee the catastrophic moral cost of war urge restraint and respect for rightful counsel; defying the guidance of gurus and elders is portrayed as ethically blameworthy and socially destructive.
After Dhṛtarāṣṭra speaks, Bhīṣma and Droṇa—sharing grief at the looming slaughter—turn to Duryodhana and begin admonishing him for disregarding the elders’ instructions, setting up the counsel that follows in the chapter.