Shloka 123
यत् कर्म कलुषं कृत्वा शलाघसे जनसंसदि । 'तू पापकर्म करके जनसमाजमें जो इस तरह अपनी बड़ाई कर रहा है, इसके कारण तू कुन्तीके सभी पुत्रों तथा अन्धक और वृष्णिवंशके याददवोंद्वारा निन्दाके योग्य हो गया है
yat karma kaluṣaṁ kṛtvā śalāghase janasansadi
सञ्जय उवाच—कलुषं कर्म कृत्वा जनसंसदि यत् स्वात्मानं श्लाघसे, तेन कारणेन कुन्तीपुत्रैः सर्वैश्च तथा अन्धकैर्वृष्णिभिरपि निन्दनीयः जातोऽसि।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
A morally stained act becomes worse when one boasts of it publicly; true dharma requires remorse and restraint, and society (and righteous clans) rightly condemns self-glorification rooted in wrongdoing.
Sañjaya rebukes a warrior’s conduct: after performing a blameworthy act in the war, the person is now praising himself in public, thereby earning the reproach of the Pāṇḍavas and the Yādava-related clans (Andhakas and Vṛṣṇis).