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एवम् उक्तस् तव सुतो नाब्रवीत् किं चिद् अप्य् असौ ॥
श्रुतं चाश्रुतवत् कृत्वा प्रायाद् येन स सात्यकिः ॥
सैन्येन महता युक्तो म्लेच्छानाम् अनिवर्तिनाम् ॥
आसाद्य च रणे यत्तो युयुधानम् अयोधयत् ॥
द्रोणो ऽपि रथिनां श्रेष्ठः पाञ्चालान् पाण्डवांस् तथा ॥
अभ्यद्रवत संक्रुद्धो जवम् आस्थाय मध्यमम् ॥
evam uktas tava suto nābravīt kiṃ cid apy asau ||
śrutaṃ cāśrutavat kṛtvā prāyād yena sa sātyakiḥ ||
sainyena mahatā yukto mlecchānām anivartinām ||
āsādya ca raṇe yatto yuyudhānam ayodhayat ||
droṇo 'pi rathināṃ śreṣṭhaḥ pāñcālān pāṇḍavāṃs tathā ||
abhyadravata saṃkruddho javam āsthāya madhyamam ||
Thus addressed, your son said nothing at all, and, treating what he had heard as though unheard, went forth to where Sātyaki stood; joined with a great army of unyielding Mlecchas, he engaged and fought, girded for battle, with Yuyudhāna. And Droṇa, foremost of warriors, charged, enraged, upon the Pāñcālas and Pāṇḍavas alike, taking a moderate pace.
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Duḥśāsana "śrutam aśrutavat kṛtvā," turns what was heard into the unheard — lets wise counsel pass by unheeded. It is telling that deafness to good counsel is the mark of one already doomed. The verse teaches that whoever does not heed sound advice seals his own fate: wisdom is offered but not forced, and one who, having heard, acts as though he had not heard, rejects his own deliverance — and reaps what he was warned against.