Shloka 15
अध्याय ५०: उत्तरेण सह अर्जुनस्य रथप्रयाणे ध्वजचिह्नैः कौरवसेनानिर्देशः
Arjuna directs Uttara by identifying Kaurava commanders through banners
क्षयाय धार्रराष्ट्राणां प्रादुर्भूतोी धनंजय: । त्वं पुन: पण्डितो भूत्वा वाचं वक्तुमिहेच्छसि
kṣayāya dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ prādurbhūto dhanaṃjayaḥ | tvaṃ punaḥ paṇḍito bhūtvā vācaṃ vaktum ihecchasi ||
ధృతరాష్ట్రుల (ధృతరాష్ట్ర పుత్రుల) వినాశానికే ధనంజయుడు ఇక్కడ ప్రత్యక్షమయ్యాడు. అయినా నీవు పండితుడినట్లు నటిస్తూ ఈ సభలో మాటలు చెప్పాలని కోరుతున్నావు.
कृप उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the moral and strategic blindness of speaking arrogantly when the decisive agent of destiny has already appeared. It critiques hollow “wisdom” that ignores evident reality and the ethical consequences of adharma, suggesting that downfall follows when counsel is driven by pride rather than discernment.
In the Virāṭa episode, Arjuna’s presence becomes known/decisive, and Kṛpa rebukes an interlocutor for still trying to argue as if the situation were uncertain. He frames Arjuna’s manifestation as a sign that the Kauravas’ destruction is imminent, and he challenges the pretense of wise speech in the face of that reality.