Shloka 29
Vyāsa’s Counsel to the Concealed Pāṇḍavas; Śaṃkara’s Boon and the Predestination of Draupadī
Chapter 157
सो<यं ते बन्धुकामाया अशृण्वत्या वचो मम । बन्धुप्रणाश: सम्प्राप्तो भृशं॑ दुः:खकरो मम,तुमने बंधु-बान्धवोंके साथ रहनेकी इच्छा रखकर जो मेरी बात नहीं सुनी, उसीका यह फल है कि आज समस्त भाई-बंधुओंके विनाशकी घड़ी आ पहुँची है, जो मेरे लिये अत्यन्त दुःखका कारण है
so ’yaṁ te bandhukāmāyā aśṛṇvatyā vaco mama | bandhu-praṇāśaḥ samprāpto bhṛśaṁ duḥkha-karo mama ||
“Dahil sa pagnanais mong manatili sa piling ng iyong mga kamag-anak ay hindi mo pinakinggan ang aking mga salita; ito ang naging bunga: dumating na ngayon ang oras ng pagkapuksa ng iyong mga kaanak—at ito’y nagdudulot sa akin ng matinding dalamhati.”
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Attachment to one’s own circle (bandhu-kāma) can cloud judgment; ignoring wise counsel leads to preventable harm, and the resulting suffering is portrayed as a moral consequence rather than mere accident.
A Brahmin speaker laments that the listener did not accept his warning/advice due to a desire to stay with relatives; now the impending destruction of those kinsmen has arrived, causing the speaker intense grief.