Shloka 40
स्त्रीपर्व १: धृतराष्ट्रशोकः संजयाश्वासनं च
Strī Parva 1: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament and Saṃjaya’s Consolation
त्वयैव ससुतेनायं वाक्यवायुसमीरित: । लोभाज्येन च संसिक्तो ज्वलित: पार्थपावक:,“पुत्रसहित आपने ही अपने लोभरूपी घीसे सींचकर और वचनरूपी वायुसे प्रेरित करके पार्थरूपी अग्निको प्रज्वलित किया था
tvayaiva sasutenāyaṃ vākyavāyusamīritaḥ | lobhājyena ca saṃsikto jvalitaḥ pārthapāvakaḥ ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana nói: “Chính ngươi—cùng với con trai ngươi—đã dùng gió của lời khiêu khích mà quạt bùng ngọn lửa Pārtha, lại lấy bơ sữa của lòng tham mà đổ thêm, cho đến khi nó bốc cháy dữ dội.”
वैशमग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Destructive outcomes are often ignited and sustained by human choices: greedy intent (lobha) supplies the fuel, and manipulative or inflammatory speech (vākya) provides the wind. The verse assigns moral responsibility to those who incite conflict rather than treating calamity as impersonal destiny.
In the lamenting context of the Strī Parva, the speaker points to culpability for the war’s eruption: the ‘fire’ identified with Pārtha (Arjuna/the Pāṇḍava force) was deliberately provoked and intensified by another party acting with his son—through words that stirred hostility and through greed that kept the conflict burning.