Shloka 42
कर्णेन व्यूहविधानम् — Karṇa’s Battle Formation and the Pāṇḍava Counter-Plan
Adhyāya 31
यो हाभ्युपगतं प्रीत्या गरीयांसं वशे स्थितम्
yo hābhyupagataṁ prītyā garīyāṁsaṁ vaśe sthitam
Wika ni Śalya: “Sinumang, sa tapat na paglingap, ay tumatanggap sa isang nakahihigit na dumulog sa kanya at namumuhay sa ilalim ng kanyang kapangyarihan…”
शल्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames an ethical principle about how one should treat a superior person who has approached in goodwill and is placed under one’s authority: such a situation demands restraint, respect, and dharmic conduct rather than exploitation of power.
Śalya is speaking in the Karṇa Parva amid the war context, introducing a moral observation about relationships of authority—especially when a venerable person comes willingly and remains under another’s control—setting up a critique or counsel about proper behavior in such a delicate hierarchy.