Shloka 613
धृष्टद्युम्नस्य द्रोणरथारोহণं सात्यकेः प्रतिरक्षणं च | Dhrishtadyumna Boards Droṇa’s Chariot; Sātyaki’s Counter-Protection
सिंहवन्नदथ प्रीता: शोककाल उपस्थिते । 'रणक्षेत्रमें श्रीकृष्ण और अर्जुनका अपराध करके तुम्हारे लिये शोकका अवसर उपस्थित है, ऐसे समयमें तुमलोग प्रसन्न होकर सिंहनाद कैसे कर रहे हो?
siṁhavan nadatha prītāḥ śokakāla upasthite | raṇakṣetre śrīkṛṣṇa-arjunayor aparādhaṁ kṛtvā tubhyaṁ śokasyāvasaro 'pahitaḥ; evaṁkāle yūyaṁ prahṛṣṭāḥ siṁhanādaṁ kathaṁ kurutha? ||
सञ्जय उवाच—सिंहवन्नदथ प्रीताः शोककाल उपस्थिते । रणे श्रीकृष्णपार्थाभ्यां कृतापराधा यूयम् । स्वयमेव शोकमावह्य कथं हृष्टा नदथ ध्रुवम् ॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Rejoicing at the moment one has incurred moral fault is portrayed as blindness to consequences; arrogance after wrongdoing invites inevitable grief, especially when the wrong is against the righteous and divinely guided.
Sañjaya rebukes the opposing side for celebrating with triumphant shouts even though, by offending Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna in the battle, they have set in motion their own impending sorrow.