Shloka 15
मत्कृते दुःखमापन्नं क्लेशं प्राप्तमनन्तकम् । कृतं हि तव पुत्रैश्न परेषामवरो धनम् । मत्प्रियार्थ पुरैवैतद् विदितं ते नरोत्तम
matkṛte duḥkham āpannaṃ kleśaṃ prāptam anantakam | kṛtaṃ hi tava putraiś ca pareṣām avaro dhanam | matpriyārthaṃ puraivaitad viditaṃ te narottama ||
Sinabi ni Duryodhana: “Dahil sa akin, napasok ka sa dalamhati at dumanas ng walang katapusang paghihirap. Tunay, sa pamamagitan ng iyong mga anak, ang yaman ng iba ay nabawasan at ibinagsak. Ang lahat ng ito, O pinakamahusay sa mga tao, ay alam mo na mula pa sa simula—ginawa upang pagbigyan ako.”
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights ethical accountability: personal ambition can draw elders and allies into limitless distress, and actions done “to please” a favored person may still be morally blameworthy—especially when they harm others and erode rightful wealth.
In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war negotiations, Duryodhana speaks to an elder (addressed as “narottama”), acknowledging that the listener has suffered greatly on Duryodhana’s behalf and that the listener’s sons have helped diminish others’ wealth—implying complicity in the Kauravas’ unjust acts leading toward war.