Shloka 16
न चाभिनन्दामि तवाधिराज्यं यतस्त्वमक्षेष्वहिताय सक्त: । स्वयं कृत्वा पापमनार्यजुष्ट - मस्माभिर्वा तर्तुमिच्छस्यरींस्त्वम्
arjuna uvāca | na cābhinandāmi tavādhirājyaṃ yatastvam akṣeṣv ahitāya saktaḥ | svayaṃ kṛtvā pāpam anāryajuṣṭam asmābhir vā tartum icchasy arīṃs tvam ||
阿周那说道：“我并不称许你的霸主之位，因为你沉溺掷骰，自取毁灭。你亲手造下罪业——为卑劣之人所乐行——如今却想让我们载你渡过那如海一般的敌军之众。”
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Power and sovereignty are not worthy of praise when founded on self-destructive vice and ignoble wrongdoing; one must take responsibility for one’s own unethical choices rather than seeking others to rescue one from the consequences.
Arjuna rebukes a ruler for being addicted to gambling and for having committed a disgraceful sin; he rejects celebrating that ruler’s authority and criticizes the attempt to rely on others to overcome a vast enemy force after such misconduct.