Mahabharata 11.1.32 — Stree Parva, Adhyaya 1, Shloka 32
स्त्रीपर्व १: धृतराष्ट्रशोकः संजयाश्वासनं च
Strī Parva 1: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament and Saṃjaya’s Consolation
“वह सदा युद्धकी ही इच्छा रखता था; इसलिये उसने कभी किसी धर्मका आदरपूर्वक अनुष्ठान नहीं किया। वह मन्दबुद्धि और अहंकारी था; अतः नित्य युद्ध-युद्ध ही चिल्लाया करता था। उसके हृदयमें क्रूरता भरी थी। वह सदा अमर्षमें भरा रहनेवाला, पराक्रमी और असंतोषी था (इसीलिये उसकी दुर्गति हुई है) ।।
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca | sa sadā yuddhasyaiva icchāṃ rakṣati sma; tasmāt sa kadācana dharmasya ādara-pūrvakam anuṣṭhānaṃ na cakāra | sa manda-buddhiḥ ahaṅkārī ca āsīt; ataḥ sa nityaṃ “yuddhaṃ yuddham” iti krośati sma | tasya hṛdaye krūratā pūrṇā āsīt | sa sadā amarṣeṇa pūrṇaḥ, parākramī, asaṃtuṣṭaś ca āsīt (tasmād asya durgatiḥ) || śrutavān asi medhāvī satyavāṃś caiva nityadā | na muhyanti īdṛśāḥ santaḥ buddhimanto bhavādṛśāḥ ||
वैशम्पायन उवाच—स सदा युद्धमेवाभ्यचिन्तयत्; तस्मात् स कदाचन धर्मं सत्कृत्य नानुष्ठितवान्। मन्दबुद्धिरहङ्कारी च सन् नित्यं “युद्धं युद्धम्” इति क्रोशति स्म। तस्य हृदये क्रूरता निहिता आसीत्। सदा अमर्षपरः पराक्रमी चासन्तुष्टश्च—तस्मादस्य दुर्गतिरभवत्। त्वं तु श्रुतवान् मेधावी नित्यं सत्यपरायणश्च; भवादृशा बुद्धिमन्तः सन्तश्च मोहं नाभिभवन्ति।
वैशमग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A life driven solely by the craving for conflict—marked by arrogance, cruelty, and chronic dissatisfaction—erodes dharma and culminates in ruin; by contrast, the learned and truth-committed are not easily swept away by delusion.
Vaiśaṃpāyana characterizes a war-obsessed person whose neglect of dharma and inner vices lead to a bad end, and then addresses the listener as a learned, wise, truth-oriented person who should not succumb to मोह (bewilderment).
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