पौरा ऊचुः
दुर्योधनप्रयुक्तेन पापेनाकृतबुद्धिना ॥
गृहम् आत्मविनाशाय कारितं दाहितं च यत् ॥
अहो धिग् धृतराष्ट्रस्य बुद्धिर् नातिसमञ्जसी ॥
यः शुचीन् पाण्डवान् बालान् दाहयाम् आस मन्त्रिणा ॥
दिष्ट्या त्व् इदानीं पापात्मा दग्धो ऽयम् अतिदुर्मतिः ॥
अनागसः सुविश्वस्तान् यो ददाह नरोत्तमान् ॥
paurā ūcuḥ
duryodhanaprayuktena pāpenākṛtabuddhinā ||
gṛham ātmavināśāya kāritaṃ dāhitaṃ ca yat ||
aho dhig dhṛtarāṣṭrasya buddhir nātisamañjasī ||
yaḥ śucīn pāṇḍavān bālān dāhayām āsa mantriṇā ||
diṣṭyā tv idānīṃ pāpātmā dagdho 'yam atidurmatiḥ ||
anāgasaḥ suviśvastān yo dadāha narottamān ||
The citizens said: "The house built and burned by the wicked, unwise man hired by Duryodhana — to his own ruin! Alas, shame! Not upright is the mind of Dhritarashtra, who burned the pure, young Pandavas through his minister. But by good fortune this evil-souled, exceedingly ill-minded man has now burned himself, who burned the guiltless, trustful, best of men."
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Here the voice of the people passes judgment on the crime. It is telling that the citizens see the truth at once: they blame Duryodhana and Dhritarashtra's "crooked mind," not deceived by the appearance of an unfortunate accident. Here it is shown that the wrongdoing of power cannot be hidden from the people's conscience: however villainy is concealed, it will be recognized and condemned. Telling too is that the people mourn the Pandavas as "pure, guiltless, best of men" and rejoice at the villain's death: the people's judgment coincides with the judgment of dharma. Telling also is the bitter irony known to the reader: they mourn the burned Pandavas, yet these are alive — saved, while their destroyer perished. So the scripture shows that common report, too, bears witness to truth, and that Providence guards the righteous, turning villainy into the villains' own disgrace.