Shloka 29
Karna Reproves Shalya; Brahmin Reports on Bāhlīkas; Shalya’s Universalizing Rebuttal (कर्ण–शल्य संवादः)
अतिकान्तं हि यत् कार्य पश्चाच्चिन्तयते नर: । तच्चास्य न भवेत् कार्य चिन्तया च विनश्यति
atikāntaṁ hi yat kāryaṁ paścāc cintayate naraḥ | taccāsya na bhavet kāryaṁ cintayā ca vinaśyati ||
Wika ni Sañjaya: “O Hari, ang gawaing lumipas na, kapag pinag-aalalahanin pa ng tao pagkaraan, ay hindi na muling maisasagawa (ni maibabalik) sa pamamagitan ng pag-aalala; sa halip, sa gayong pagkabalisa ay siya mismo ang napapahamak. Kaya alalahanin ang mga katuwirang minsan ninyong iniharap, at huwag sayangin ang sarili sa pagsisisi sa hindi na mababago.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Regretful brooding over an irreversible past action is fruitless: it cannot change the deed, and it harms the person who indulges in it. The ethical thrust is to accept consequences, learn, and act rightly in the present rather than be consumed by anxiety.
Sañjaya addresses the king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra), urging him to recall the earlier rationalizations he had offered (such as appeals to ‘dharma’ in matters like the dice-game) and to stop tormenting himself with after-the-fact worry, since it cannot alter what has already unfolded.