Shloka 206
Adhyāya 6: Śibira-dvāra-sthita Bhūta-varṇana and Aśvatthāmā’s Śaraṇāgati to Mahādeva
स पथ: प्रच्युतो धर्मात् कुपथे प्रतिहन्यते । 'जो मूर्ख शास्त्रदर्शी पुरुषोंकी आज्ञाका उल्लंघन करके दूसरोंकी हिंसा करना चाहता है, वह धर्ममार्गसे भ्रष्ट हो कुमार्गमें पड़कर स्वयं ही मारा जाता है
sa pathaḥ pracyuto dharmāt kupathe pratihanyate |
Sinabi ni Sañjaya: Ang sinumang lumihis sa dharma ay naliligaw sa tunay na landas; pagpasok sa maling daan, doon siya mismo ibinabagsak—winawasak ng karahasang at kawalang-batas na siya rin ang pumili. Ang mangmang na sumusuway sa utos ng mga pantas na nakakakita sa aral ng kasulatan at nagnanais manakit ng kapwa, ay nahihiwalay sa landas ng dharma, napapadpad sa masamang daan, at sa huli’y siya rin ang napapahamak.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Deviation from dharma—especially choosing violence against others while disregarding the counsel of śāstra-guided wise persons—leads to one’s own downfall. The verse presents adharma not merely as a social wrong but as a path that rebounds upon the doer with ruin.
In the Sauptika Parva’s grim aftermath of war, Sañjaya articulates a moral judgment: those who abandon righteous conduct and pursue wrongful means (such as harmful aggression) end up being ‘struck down’ on that very path, underscoring the ethical reckoning that follows acts of adharma.