Shloka 16
युधिष्ठिरस्य धनंजय-प्रति गर्हा
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproach to Dhanaṃjaya
सो&वज्ञाय तु निर्विद्धः सूतपुत्रेण मारिष । प्रजज्वाल ततः क्रोधाद्धविषेव हुताशन:
so ’vajñāya tu nirviddhaḥ sūtaputreṇa māriṣa | prajajvāla tataḥ krodhād dhaviṣeva hutāśanaḥ ||
اے معزز نریش! جب سوت پتر نے حقارت آمیز انداز میں زخمی کیا تو راجا یُدھشٹھِر غصّے سے یوں بھڑک اٹھا جیسے گھی کی آہوتی پا کر آگ بھڑک اٹھتی ہے۔
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse warns that contempt (avajñā) intensifies the moral and emotional impact of harm: when injury is coupled with insult, even a dharmic person can be driven into consuming anger, likened to fire fed by ghee.
In the Karṇa Parva battle account, Yudhiṣṭhira is wounded by Karṇa (called sūtaputra) in a manner marked by disdain; the combination of being struck and being slighted makes Yudhiṣṭhira blaze with anger.