हृष्टानां धार्तराष्ट्राणां सिंहनादो मया श्रुतः ॥
युयुत्सुश् चापि कृष्णेन श्रुतो वीरान् उपालभन् ॥
अशक्नुवन्तो बीभत्सुं बालं हत्वा महारथाः ॥
किं नदध्वम् अधर्मज्ञाः पार्थे वै दृश्यतां बलम् ॥
किं तयोर् विप्रियं कृत्वा केशवार्जुनयोर् मृधे ॥
सिंहवन् नदत प्रीताः शोककाल उपस्थिते ॥
hṛṣṭānāṃ dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ siṃhanādo mayā śrutaḥ ||
yuyutsuś cāpi kṛṣṇena śruto vīrān upālabhan ||
aśaknuvanto bībhatsuṃ bālaṃ hatvā mahārathāḥ ||
kiṃ nadadhvam adharmajñāḥ pārthe vai dṛśyatāṃ balam ||
kiṃ tayor vipriyaṃ kṛtvā keśavārjunayor mṛdhe ||
siṃhavan nadata prītāḥ śokakāla upasthite ||
"I heard the lion's roar of the jubilant sons of Dhritarashtra. And Yuyutsu — heard by Krishna — rebuking the warriors: 'Unable to overcome Bibhatsu, having killed a child, why do you roar, O lawless ones? Show your strength on Partha! Having vexed Keshava and Arjuna in battle, why do you roar lion-like, rejoicing, when the hour of grief has come?'"
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The rebuke comes from within the Kaurava camp itself — from Yuyutsu, son of Dhritarashtra, who did not betray dharma: "aśaknuvantaḥ bībhatsuṃ bālaṃ hatvā… kiṃ nadadhvam adharmajñāḥ". Unable to overcome the father, they exult over a slain child — this is not valor but shame. "Pārthe dṛśyatāṃ balam", "show your strength on Partha", is a challenge to cowards to measure themselves against an equal. It is telling that the truth about lawlessness sounds from the mouth of one who is kin by blood but not by conscience. The verse teaches that unrighteous triumph exposes itself, and the voice of conscience can speak even from within the camp of lawlessness.