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धृतराष्ट्र उवाच
यो ऽसौ कर्णेन वीरेण वार्ष्णेयस्य समागमः ॥
हते तु भूरिश्रवसि सैन्धवे च निपातिते ॥
सात्यकिश् चापि विरथः कं समारूढवान् रथम् ॥
चक्ररक्षौ च पाञ्चाल्यौ तन् ममाचक्ष्व संजय ॥
संजय उवाच
हन्त ते वर्णयिष्यामि यथावृत्तं महारणे ॥
शुश्रूषस्व स्थिरो भूत्वा दुराचरितम् आत्मनः ॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
yo 'sau karṇena vīreṇa vārṣṇeyasya samāgamaḥ ||
hate tu bhūriśravasi saindhave ca nipātite ||
sātyakiś cāpi virathaḥ kaṃ samārūḍhavān ratham ||
cakrarakṣau ca pāñcālyau tan mamācakṣva saṃjaya ||
saṃjaya uvāca
hanta te varṇayiṣyāmi yathāvṛttaṃ mahāraṇe ||
śuśrūṣasva sthiro bhūtvā durācaritam ātmanaḥ ||
[Dhritarashtra:] "That meeting of Varshneya [Satyaki] with the hero Karna — when Bhurishravas is slain and Saindhava struck down, and Satyaki too is without a chariot — what chariot did he mount? And the two Panchalya guardians of the wheels — tell me of that, Sanjaya." [Sanjaya:] "Well then, I shall describe to you as it happened in the great battle; listen, having become steadfast, to your own evil deed."
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Sanjaya again prefaces his account with a reminder: all this is the fruit of "your own evil deed." It is telling that he bids the king "become steadfast," for it is hard to hear of a calamity one has oneself brought about. The verse teaches that a messenger of truth does not flatter even a sovereign; and one who wishes to know the course of events must first steady himself, to bear the reminder of his own guilt woven into every turn of the tale.