Shloka 27
Udyoga Parva 142: Vidura’s warning to Kuntī and Kuntī’s resolve to meet Karṇa
Gaṅgātīra encounter begins
ब्राह्मणान् प्रथमं द्वेष्टि गुरूंश्व मधुसूदन । भृत्यान् भक्तिमतश्चापि तत् पराभवलक्षणम्,“मधुसूदन! दुर्योधन पहले ब्राह्मणोंसे द्वेष करता है; फिर गुरुजनोंसे तथा अपने प्रति भक्ति रखनेवाले भृत्योंसे भी द्रोह करने लगता है, यह उसकी पराजयका ही लक्षण है
sañjaya uvāca |
brāhmaṇān prathamaṃ dveṣṭi gurūṃś ca madhusūdana |
bhṛtyān bhaktimataś cāpi tat parābhavalakṣaṇam ||
Sañjaya nói: “Hỡi Madhusūdana, Duryodhana trước hết sinh lòng thù ghét các brāhmaṇa; rồi hắn khinh miệt bậc trưởng thượng và thầy dạy, thậm chí phản bội cả những gia nhân tận trung với mình. Hạnh kiểm ấy là dấu hiệu rõ ràng rằng diệt vong và thất bại đang kề cận.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler’s moral collapse shows itself first in hostility toward the wise and the venerable (brāhmaṇas and gurus) and then in betrayal of loyal dependents; such ingratitude and contempt for dharmic counsel are presented as omens of inevitable downfall.
Sañjaya addresses Kṛṣṇa (as Madhusūdana) and characterizes Duryodhana’s behavior: he has begun to hate those who should be honored and to turn against his own faithful servants—an observation offered as a diagnostic sign that Duryodhana is moving toward defeat in the coming conflict.