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Shloka 303

अध्याय ९ — दुर्योधनस्य अन्त्यावस्था, विलापः, तथा सौप्तिक-प्रतिवृत्तम्

Duryodhana’s Final Condition, Lamentation, and the Night’s Report

धर्मज्ञमानिनौ यौ त्वां वध्यमानमुपेक्षताम्‌ “अब वे बेचारे शोकमग्न हो भिखारी बनकर इस भूतलपर भीख माँगते फिरेंगे। उस वृष्णिवंशी श्रीकृष्ण और खोटी बुद्धिवाले अर्जुनको भी धिक्कार है, जिन्होंने अपनेको धर्मज्ञ मानते हुए भी आपके अन्यायपूर्वक वधकी उपेक्षा की

dharmajñamāninau yau tvāṁ vadhyamānam upekṣatām |

धर्मज्ञमानिनौ यौ त्वां वध्यमानमुपेक्षताम् । अधुना तौ शोकसंतप्तौ भिक्षुकौ पृथिवीं चरिष्यतः । वृष्णिवंश्यं च कृष्णं तं धिगस्तु कुटिलबुद्धिमर्जुनम् ॥

धर्मज्ञमानिनौthe two who consider themselves knowers of dharma
धर्मज्ञमानिनौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootधर्मज्ञ-मानिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
यौwho (two)
यौ:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
त्वाम्you
त्वाम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormAccusative, Singular
वध्यमानम्being slain / being killed
वध्यमानम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootवध्यमान (√वध्)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
उपेक्षताम्they two neglected / disregarded
उपेक्षताम्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootउप-ईक्ष्
FormImperfect (Lan), 3rd, Dual

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
K
Kṛṣṇa
A
Arjuna
V
Vṛṣṇi lineage
E
Earth (bhūtala)

Educational Q&A

The verse frames moral accountability as inseparable from action: claiming to know dharma is hollow if one passively tolerates injustice. Ethical failure can occur through omission (upekṣā) as much as through direct wrongdoing.

Sañjaya reports a harsh denunciation directed at Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, accusing them of standing by while an unjust killing took place. The speaker predicts their future humiliation and suffering as a consequence of that neglect.