Shloka 5
Droṇanidhana-anantaraṃ sainya-viṣādaḥ and Karṇa-pravṛttiḥ
After Droṇa’s fall: army despondency and Karṇa’s advance
संजयोऊ5हं क्षितिपते कच्चिदास्ते सुखं भवान् | स्वदोषैरापदं प्राप्य कच्चिन्नाद्य विमुह्मुति,'पृथ्वीनाथ! मैं संजय हूँ। आप सुखसे तो हैं न? अपने ही अपराधोंसे विपत्तिमें पड़कर आज आप मोहित तो नहीं हो रहे हैं?
sañjaya uvāca — ahaṃ kṣitipate kaccid āste sukhaṃ bhavān | svadoṣair āpadaṃ prāpya kaccin nādya vimuhyasi ||
సంజయుడు పలికెను— ఓ భూపతీ! మీరు సుఖంగా ఉన్నారా? మీ స్వదోషాల వల్ల విపత్తులో పడిన తరువాత కూడా, ఈనాటికీ మీరు మోహంలో మునిగిపోవడం లేదుకదా?
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores moral accountability: suffering that arises from one’s own wrongdoing should lead to clarity and self-correction, not further moha (delusion). It also reflects the ethical duty of a counselor/messenger to speak frankly to a ruler about responsibility.
Sañjaya addresses the king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) with a formal inquiry about his well-being, then pointedly reminds him that the present crisis has been brought about by his own side’s faults, asking whether he is still confused despite the consequences.