Shloka 6
कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ४०
Karṇa’s Pressure on the Pāñcālas; Duryodhana Disabled; Arjuna’s Counter-Advance
अवश्यं तु मया वाच्यं॑ बुद्ध्यता त्वद्धिताहितम् । विशेषतो रथस्थेन राज्ञश्नैव हितैषिणा
avaśyaṁ tu mayā vācyaṁ buddhyatā tvad-hitāhitam | viśeṣato ratha-sthena rājñaś caiva hitaiṣiṇā ||
桑阇耶说道：“我必须以明晰的辨别，直言何者真正有益于你，何者并非如此。更何况我立于战车之上，为王之御者，亦为其怀善之人；因此，将利害分明地告知于你，乃我不可推卸之责——何者导向安泰，何者招致祸患。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
A well-wisher must speak truthfully about benefit and harm (hita–ahita), guided by discernment (buddhi), especially when entrusted with responsibility near power—such as a charioteer-counselor to a king.
Sañjaya, positioned as Duryodhana’s charioteer and loyal adviser, prefaces his counsel by asserting his duty to state plainly what will help or harm the king, setting an ethical frame for the advice that follows amid the pressures of war.