Shloka 28
सूक्ष्मो धर्मो दुर्विदश्षापि पार्थ विशेषतोऊज्जै: प्रोच्यमानं निबोध । हत्वा55त्मानमात्मना प्राप्तुयास्त्वं वधाद् भ्रातुर्नरक॑ चातिघोरम्
sañjaya uvāca | sūkṣmo dharmo durvidyaḥ api pārtha viśeṣata uccaiḥ procyamānaṃ nibodha | hatvā ātmānam ātmanā prāpnuyās tvaṃ vadhād bhrātur narakaṃ cāti-ghoram |
三阇耶说道：“达摩幽微难辨，哦，帕尔塔——尤其对缺乏真知者更是如此。故当专心聆听我郑重宣告之言：若你以己手自戕，所堕之地狱，或将比弑杀亲兄弟所招致的极其可怖之地狱更为惨烈。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is not always obvious; it requires careful discernment. The verse stresses that self-killing (ātmahatyā) is portrayed as a grave moral transgression, potentially leading to consequences even worse than those associated with killing one’s own brother.
Sanjaya addresses Partha (Arjuna), urging him to listen attentively as he explains a difficult point about dharma and warns that taking one’s own life can be an even more dreadful path than the already horrific sin of fratricide.