Shloka 423
कर्णेन व्यूहविधानम् — Karṇa’s Battle Formation and the Pāṇḍava Counter-Plan
Adhyāya 31
वशे पापीयसो धत्ते तत् पापमधरोत्तरम् । जो पुरुष प्रेमवश अपने पास आकर अपनी आज्ञाके अधीन रहनेवाले किसी श्रेष्ठतम पुरुषको नीचतम मनुष्यके अधीन कर देता है
vaśe pāpīyaso dhatte tat pāpam adharottaram | yo puruṣaḥ premavaśaḥ svam upetya svājñādhīnaṃ sthitaṃ kañcid śreṣṭhatamaṃ puruṣam nīcatama-puruṣādhīnaṃ karoti, tasya uccaṃ nīcaṃ ca nīcam uccaṃ ca kartum mahad pāpam iti manyate |
沙利耶宣言：屈从于更卑劣的影响，会招致沉重而颠倒的罪过。若有人因偏爱或私情，将一位真正卓越之人——那人怀着信任前来依附，居于其命令之下——却置于卑下者的控制之中，此人便犯下重大道德过失：把高者贬为低，把低者抬为高的罪。
शल्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Do not let attachment or favoritism overturn rightful order and merit. Making a superior person serve an inferior—especially one who has come in trust and obedience—is a serious ethical violation because it corrupts justice and proper governance.
Śalya is delivering a moral admonition within the Karṇa Parva context, criticizing decisions driven by personal bias that degrade worthy individuals and elevate the unworthy, framing this as a grave form of adharma.