भवत्य् एव हि मे सूत बुद्धिर् दोषानुदर्शिनी ॥
दुर्योधनं समासाद्य पुनः सा परिवर्तते ॥
एवं गते वै यद् भावि तद् भविष्यति संजय ॥
क्षत्रधर्मः किल रणे तनुत्यागो ऽभिपूजितः ॥
संजय उवाच
त्वद्युक्तो ऽयम् अनुप्रश्नो महाराज यथार्हसि ॥
न तु दुर्योधने दोषम् इमम् आसक्तुम् अर्हसि ॥
शृणुष्वानवशेषेण वदतो मम पार्थिव ॥
य आत्मनो दुश्चरिताद् अशुभं प्राप्नुयान् नरः ॥
एनसा न स दैवं वा कालं वा गन्तुम् अर्हति ॥
महाराज मनुष्येषु निन्द्यं यः सर्वम् आचरेत् ॥
स वध्यः सर्वलोकस्य निन्दितानि समाचरन् ॥
bhavaty eva hi me sūta buddhir doṣānudarśinī ||
duryodhanaṃ samāsādya punaḥ sā parivartate ||
evaṃ gate vai yad bhāvi tad bhaviṣyati saṃjaya ||
kṣatradharmaḥ kila raṇe tanutyāgo 'bhipūjitaḥ ||
saṃjaya uvāca
tvadyukto 'yam anupraśno mahārāja yathārhasi ||
na tu duryodhane doṣam imam āsaktum arhasi ||
śṛṇuṣvānavaśeṣeṇa vadato mama pārthiva ||
ya ātmano duścaritād aśubhaṃ prāpnuyān naraḥ ||
enasā na sa daivaṃ vā kālaṃ vā gantum arhati ||
mahārāja manuṣyeṣu nindyaṃ yaḥ sarvam ācaret ||
sa vadhyaḥ sarvalokasya ninditāni samācaran ||
'O Suta, in me arises a mind that sees the faults, but on meeting Duryodhana, it changes again. Since matters have come to this, O Sanjaya, what is destined to be will be. They say that in battle the kshatriya's duty — the giving up of the body — is honored.' Sanjaya said: 'O great king, this question is worthy of you, as befits you. But you should not place this blame on Duryodhana alone. Listen fully as I speak, O earthly lord: if a man obtains misfortune through his own evil conduct, it does not befit him to attribute it to fate or to time. O great king, whoever among men does all that is blameworthy, by acting in a censured manner, becomes deserving of punishment before the whole world.'
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Here the narrative turns from the preparation for war to its inner cause. Dhritarashtra tries to shelter behind fate, but Sanjaya returns responsibility to deeds: fate, time, and past karma do act, yet they do not annul the moral guilt for evil knowingly committed. Thus the war is shown not as chance, but as the fruit of a long refusal of dharma.