Shloka 21
कर्णनिधनवृत्तान्तनिवेदनम् | Reporting Karṇa’s Fall to Yudhiṣṭhira
न हि कार्यमकार्य वा सुखं ज्ञातुं कथंचन । श्रुतेन ज्ञायते सर्व तच्च त्वं नावबुध्यसे,कर्तव्य और अकर्तव्यका ज्ञान किसी तरह भी अनायास ही नहीं हो जाता है। वह सब शास्त्रसे जाना जाता है और शास्त्रका तुम्हें पता ही नहीं है
na hi kāryam akāryaṃ vā sukhaṃ jñātuṃ kathaṃcana | śrutena jñāyate sarvaṃ tac ca tvaṃ nāvabudhyase ||
สิ่งที่ควรทำและไม่ควรทำ มิอาจรู้ได้โดยวิธีอันง่ายดาย ทั้งหมดนี้รู้ได้ด้วยศรุติ/คัมภีร์อันเป็นคำสอนศักดิ์สิทธิ์ แต่ท่านกลับไม่เข้าใจ
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Moral clarity about duty (kārya) and prohibition (akārya) is not gained casually or by convenience; it requires guidance from authoritative sacred teaching (śruti/śāstra). Kṛṣṇa rebukes the listener for lacking or ignoring that grounding.
In the Karṇa Parva battle context, Kṛṣṇa speaks as a moral instructor, pressing that decisions in war and conduct must be judged by dharma as taught in śāstra/śruti, not by impulse, self-interest, or superficial reasoning.