Shloka 15
सर्वो हि पुरुषो भोज साध्वेतदिति निश्चित: । कर्तुमारभते प्रीतो मारणादिषु कर्मसु,“कृतवर्मन्! सभी मनुष्य “यह अच्छा कार्य है” ऐसा निश्चय करके प्रसन्नतापूर्वक कार्य आरम्भ करते हैं और हिंसा आदि कर्मोंमें भी लग जाते हैं
sarvo hi puruṣo bhoja sādhv etad iti niścitaḥ | kartum ārabhate prīto māraṇādiṣu karmasu ||
सर्वो हि पुरुषो भोज साध्वेतदिति निश्चितः । कर्तुमारभते प्रीतो मारणादिषु कर्मसु ॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a moral-psychological tendency: people commonly label their intended action as ‘good’ and then proceed with confidence—even when the action is ethically grave, such as killing. It warns how inner certainty and pleasure can accompany wrongdoing when one’s judgment is distorted.
In the Sauptika Parva context, Sañjaya is describing the mindset that enables violent deeds. Addressing a listener with the vocative ‘Bhoja’ and implicitly speaking to Kṛtavarman (as indicated in the received text/tradition), he frames how perpetrators can begin even murderous acts with a sense of righteousness and satisfaction.