Shloka 10
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Remorse and Vyāsa’s Teaching on Impermanence (Śoka-nivāraṇa)
येन चोग्रायुधो राजा चक्रवर्ती दुरासद: । दग्धश्नास्त्रप्रतापेन स मया युधि घातित:
yena cogrāyudho rājā cakravartī durāsadaḥ | dagdhāśnās-tra-pratāpena sa mayā yudhi ghātitaḥ ||
Sinabi ni Yudhiṣṭhira: “Siya na sa di-mapipigil na lakas ng pakikidigma ay sinunog at pinasuko ang haring Ugrāyudha—ang mahirap daigin na cakravartin—siya ring iyon ang aking ipinahamak sa labanan. Sa paggunita sa gayong mga gawa, nabibigatan ang aking dibdib sa pagsisisi: na ang isang bayani ng gayong dangal ay bumagsak dahil sa takbo ng digmaang ito.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when war is fought under the banner of dharma, its outcomes can burden the conscience. Yudhiṣṭhira highlights the moral weight of causing the death of a mighty person, underscoring that righteous ends do not erase the human cost of violence.
In Śānti Parva, Yudhiṣṭhira reflects on the devastation of the Kurukṣetra war. Here he recalls a warrior renowned for overpowering the formidable emperor Ugrāyudha, and laments that he himself became the cause of that warrior’s death in battle.