Shloka 28
Nara-Nārāyaṇa Precedent and Bhīṣma’s Counsel on Kṛṣṇa–Arjuna; Karṇa’s Reply
दुर्जाते: सूतपुत्रस्य शकुने: सौबलस्य च । तथा क्षुद्रस्य पापस्य भ्रातुर्द:शासनस्य च,भरतश्रेष्ठ! एक तुम्हीं ऐसे हो, जो कि परशुरामजीके द्वारा अभिशप्त खोटी जातिवाले सूतपुत्र कर्ण एवं सुबलपुत्र शकुनि तथा अपने नीच एवं पापात्मा भाई दुःशासन--इन तीनोंके मतका अनुमोदन एवं अनुसरण करते हो
vaiśampāyana uvāca | durjāteḥ sūtaputrasya śakuneḥ saubalasya ca | tathā kṣudrasya pāpasya bhrātur duḥśāsanasya ca, bharataśreṣṭha! eka tvam eva tādṛśo 'si, yaḥ paraśurāmeṇa abhiśaptaṃ khotijātiṃ sūtaputraṃ karṇaṃ ca subalaputraṃ śakuniṃ ca nīcaṃ pāpātmānaṃ bhrātaraṃ duḥśāsanaṃ ca—eteṣāṃ trayāṇāṃ matam anumodayaṃś ca anusarāṃś ca bhavasi |
毗湿摩波耶那说道：“噢，婆罗多族中最卓越者！唯有你是这般的人——竟赞同并追随三人的谋议：迦尔那，那位车夫之子，生来不祥，又受帕罗修罗摩诅咒；苏婆罗之子沙昆尼；以及你自己的兄弟杜沙娑那，卑劣而罪恶。你若与他们的见解同流，便是在选择一条加深罪业、把俱卢家推向覆亡的道路。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse warns that endorsing and imitating the counsel of morally compromised figures leads to ethical collapse. It highlights personal accountability: one becomes responsible not only for one’s own acts but also for the choices of advisers one empowers.
In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war negotiations and counsel, the narrator reports a rebuke aimed at a Kuru leader (implicitly Duryodhana): he is singled out for approving and following the opinions of Karṇa, Śakuni, and Duḥśāsana—figures portrayed as driving the Kurus toward unjust war.