Shloka 7
Sundopasundayor Digvijayaḥ — The Conquests of Sunda and Upasunda
Nārada’s Account
अधर्मेण च राज्यं त्वं प्राप्तवान् भरतर्षभ | तेडपि राज्यमनुप्राप्ता: पूर्वमेवेति मे मति:,भरतश्रेष्ठ! तुमने अधर्मपूर्वक इस राज्यको हथिया लिया है; परंतु मेरा विचार यह है कि तुमसे पहले ही वे भी इस राज्यको पा चुके थे
adharmeṇa ca rājyaṃ tvaṃ prāptavān bharatarṣabha | te 'pi rājyam anuprāptāḥ pūrvam eveti me matiḥ ||
Wika ni Bhishma: “O toro sa mga Bharata, nakuha mo ang kahariang ito sa paraang salungat sa dharma. Ngunit sa aking paghatol, sila man ay nauna nang nagkaroon ng mismong kahariang ito bago ka pa.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Political success gained through adharma is morally compromised; Bhīṣma frames kingship as an ethical matter and weighs competing claims to legitimacy, stressing that prior possession or claim can complicate judgments about wrongdoing.
Bhīṣma addresses a Bharata ruler who has seized the kingdom by unrighteous means, but he adds a qualifying assessment: the opposing party had, in his view, already obtained or established possession of the kingdom earlier—introducing a dispute over rightful claim and succession.