Shloka 28
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Lament for Karṇa and Renunciation-Oriented Self-Assessment (शोक-प्रलापः / त्याग-प्रवृत्तिः)
असंशयं क्षयं राजा यथैवाहं तथा गत:,उनकी इसी दुर्नीतिके कारण निःसंदेह राजा धृतराष्ट्रको भी वैसा ही विनाश प्राप्त हुआ है, जैसा कि मुझे
asaṁśayaṁ kṣayaṁ rājā yathaivāhaṁ tathā gataḥ
Yudhiṣṭhira nói: “Không còn nghi ngờ gì nữa, nhà vua đã gặp cảnh diệt vong—cũng như ta đã rơi vào tình trạng này. Chính vì đường lối sai lầm ấy mà vua Dhṛtarāṣṭra cũng chắc chắn đi đến cùng một sự hủy diệt.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Misguided governance (dur-nīti) and moral failure in leadership inevitably bring ruin, not only to others but also to the ruler himself; ethical responsibility in kingship is inescapable.
In the Śānti Parva’s reflective aftermath of the war, Yudhiṣṭhira laments and judges the outcome: he sees Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s downfall as a certain consequence of his flawed policy and partiality, paralleling his own suffering and degraded condition after the catastrophe.