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त्वां प्राप्प सहसोदर्य धिक्कृतं सर्वसाधुभि: । “तू और तेरा भाई दोनों समस्त साधु पुरुषोंके धिककारके पात्र हैं। तुम दोनोंको पाकर सारे पांचाल धर्मभ्रष्ट, नीच, मित्रद्रोही तथा गुरुद्रोही बन गये हैं ।। पुनश्चेदवीदृशी वाचं मत्समीपे वदिष्यसि
sañjaya uvāca | tvāṃ prāpya sahasodari dhikkṛtaṃ sarvasādhubhiḥ | “tū aur terā bhāī donoṃ samasta sādhu-puruṣoṃ ke dhikkāra ke pātra haiṃ | tum donoṃ ko pākar sāre pāñcāla dharmabhraṣṭa, nīca, mitradrohī tathā gurudrohī ban gaye haiṃ || punaś ced īdṛśīṃ vācaṃ matsamīpe vadiṣyasi”
सञ्जय उवाच— त्वां प्राप्य सहसोदर्य, सर्वसाधुभिर्धिक्कृता भवसि। त्वं च ते भ्राता च सर्वैः सत्पुरुषैर्निन्द्यौ। युवयोः सङ्गात् पाञ्चालाः सर्वे धर्मात् पतिताः— क्षुद्राः, मित्रद्रुहः, गुरुद्रुहश्च। पुनश्चेद् एतादृशीं वाचं मत्समीपे वदिष्यसि…
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames betrayal—especially treachery toward friends (mitra-droha) and one’s teacher (guru-droha)—as a grave ethical collapse that brings universal censure from the sādhus (the righteous). It underscores that association and counsel can pull a whole community into adharma, making moral responsibility both personal and collective.
Sañjaya reports a harsh rebuke directed at a person addressed as “sister with your brother,” accusing the pair of being condemned by all good people and of causing the Pañcālas to become fallen from dharma—base, friend-betraying, and teacher-betraying. The line ends with a warning: if such speech is repeated in the speaker’s presence, consequences are implied.