Shloka 57
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 71 — Kṣatra-dharma Counsel, Public Legitimacy, and Mobilization
त एव युद्धे हन्यन्ते यवीयान् मुच्यते जन: । हत्वाप्यनुशयो नित्यं परानपि जनार्दन
ta eva yuddhe hanyante yavīyān mucyate janaḥ | hatvāpy anuśayo nityaṃ parān api janārdana ||
Юдхиштхира сказал: «Именно эти люди — стойкие и благородные — гибнут на войне, тогда как низкие нередко ускользают живыми. И даже после того как враги убиты, о Джанардана, в сердце остаётся бесконечное раскаяние о тех, кто был сражён».
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral cost of warfare: even when fighting is framed as necessary, killing leaves a persistent inner remorse. It also laments the tragic irony that the noble often perish while the ignoble survive.
In Udyoga Parva, as war becomes imminent, Yudhiṣṭhira voices anguish to Kṛṣṇa (Janārdana) about the injustice and ethical burden of battle—especially the sorrow that follows the slaying of opponents.