Shloka 14
सौप्तिकपर्व — धृष्टद्युम्नसारथिवृत्तान्तः
Report of the Night Raid and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Lament
येषामर्थाय पापं स्थाद् विजयस्य सुहृद्वधैः । निर्जितिरप्रमत्ति्हि वेजिता जितकाशिन:
yeṣām arthāya pāpaṁ syād vijayasya suhṛd-vadhaiḥ | nirjitir apramattir hi vejītā jitakāśinaḥ ||
苏多说道：凡为求胜利而以杀害自身的亲友与善意之人为罪者，纵然一时沉醉于凯旋的光辉，终究也必被击败——败于时刻警醒的敌手之下——因为这等染污之胜，终难久立。
सूत उवाच
Educational Q&A
Victory gained through adharma—especially by harming one’s own friends and well-wishers—may bring brief exhilaration, but it is unstable; moral taint invites eventual downfall, often at the hands of vigilant opponents.
In the Sauptika Parva context, the narrator (Sūta) reflects on the consequences of ruthless, unethical conduct in war, warning that triumph achieved through sinful means turns into eventual defeat.