Shloka 17
Gautama–Śakra Saṃvāda: Karma, Loka-bheda, and the Restoration of the Elephant
धृतराष्ट्र रवाच ज्येष्ठां स्वसारं पितरं मातरं च यथा शत्रु मदमत्ताश्नरन्ति । तथाविधानामेष लोको महर्षे परं गन्ता धृतराष्ट्रो न तत्र
gautama uvāca | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca—jyeṣṭhāṃ svasāraṃ pitaraṃ mātaraṃ ca yathā śatruṃ madamattāś caranti | tathāvidhānām eṣa loko maharṣe paraṃ gantā dhṛtarāṣṭro na tatra ||
Wika ni Dhṛtarāṣṭra: “O dakilang pantas, yaong mga lasing sa pagmamataas na itinuturing na kaaway ang nakatatandang kapatid na babae, ang ina, at ang ama—para sa kanila ang daigdig ni Yama. Ngunit si Dhṛtarāṣṭra ay hindi mapaparoon.”
गौतम उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse condemns pride-driven conduct that turns one against one’s closest elders—especially parents and elder siblings—and frames such behavior as a grave adharma leading to punitive consequences in Yama’s realm.
In conversation with the sage Gautama, Dhṛtarāṣṭra speaks about the fate of those who behave like enemies toward their own family elders, asserting that such a fate belongs to them—while claiming that he himself will not go to that realm.