Shloka 6
“जब राजा दुर्योधनने तुम्हारी ही सलाह लेकर भीमसेनको जहर मिलाया हुआ अन्न खिलाया और उन्हें सर्पोंसे डँसवाया, उस समय तुम्हारा धर्म कहाँ गया था? ।।
sañjaya uvāca |
yadā rājā duryodhanas tavaiva mantrām ādāya bhīmasenāya viṣadattaṃ bhaktaṃ prāśayām āsa, sarpaiś ca daṃśayām āsa, tadā te dharmaḥ kva gataḥ? |
yad vāraṇāvate pārthān suptān jātugṛhe tadā ādīpayas tvaṃ rādheya, kva te dharmas tadā gataḥ? ||
Wika ni Sañjaya: “Nang si Haring Duryodhana, ayon sa mismong payo mo, ay nagpakain kay Bhīmasena ng pagkaing may lason at ipinakagat siya sa mga ahas—saan napunta ang iyong dharma noon? At nang sa Vāraṇāvata ay pinagsikapan mong sunugin ang mga Pārtha habang natutulog sa bahay na yari sa lak—O anak ni Rādhā—nasaan ang iyong dharma sa sandaling iyon?”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presses moral accountability: one cannot claim dharma in the present while having earlier endorsed or enabled adharma—especially covert violence like poisoning and arson. Counsel given to a king carries ethical responsibility for the outcomes.
Sañjaya recalls two earlier crimes attributed to Duryodhana and linked to Karṇa’s counsel: (1) feeding Bhīma poisoned food and arranging serpent-bites, and (2) attempting to burn the sleeping Pāṇḍavas in the lac-house at Vāraṇāvata. He challenges Karṇa: where was your dharma then?