Shloka 66
Bhīṣma-nipāta-saṃvāda — Sañjaya’s Report of Bhīṣma’s Fall (भीष्मनिपातसंवादः)
क्षत्रधर्मे स्थिता: पार्था नापराध्यन्ति पुत्रका: । एतदार्येण कर्तव्यं कृच्छास्वापत्सु संजय
kṣatradharme sthitāḥ pārthā nāparādhyanti putrakāḥ | etad āryeṇa kartavyaṃ kṛcchrāsv āpatsu saṃjaya ||
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच— क्षत्रधर्मे स्थिताḥ पार्था नापराध्यन्ति पुत्रकाः। एतदार्येण कर्तव्यं कृच्छास्वापत्सु संजय॥
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
When one is firmly established in one’s rightful duty (here, kṣatriya-dharma), action taken under that duty—especially amid calamity—need not be treated as moral fault; nobility is shown by doing what duty requires even in hardship.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra speaks to Sañjaya, reflecting on the Pāṇḍavas’ stance in the conflict: he acknowledges that, as warriors adhering to their dharma, they are not blameworthy, and he frames their course as the proper conduct of the noble in a time of crisis.