Shloka 6
Mahāprasthānika-parva Adhyāya 2: The Northward March, Sight of Himavat and Meru, and the Sequential Falls
युधिष्ठिर उवाच पक्षपातो महानस्या विशेषेण धनंजये । तस्यैतत् फलमपद्यैषा भुड्क्ते पुरुषसत्तम,युधिष्ठिरने कहा--पुरुषप्रवर! उसके मनमें अर्जुनके प्रति विशेष पक्षपात था; आज यह उसीका फल भोग रही है
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | pakṣapāto mahān asyā viśeṣeṇa dhanañjaye | tasyaitat phalam āpadya eṣā bhuṅkte puruṣasattama ||
یُدھشٹھِر نے کہا—“اے بہترینِ مرداں! اس کے دل میں خاص طور پر دھننجے (ارجن) کے لیے بڑا جانب دارانہ میلان تھا؛ اسی کا پھل آج وہ بھگت رہی ہے۔”
युधिष्ठिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even subtle favoritism within one’s duties and relationships can carry ethical weight; in the Mahābhārata’s karmic framework, partiality (pakṣapāta) yields consequences (phala) that must be borne, underscoring the ideal of impartial dharma.
During the Pandavas’ final journey (mahāprasthāna), Yudhiṣṭhira explains why a woman companion falls/comes to grief: he attributes it to her strong partiality, particularly toward Arjuna (Dhanañjaya), and says she is now experiencing the result of that bias.