कामः संपद्यताम् अस्य बीभत्सोर् आशु मां प्रति ॥
कल्याणवृत्त आचार्यो मया युधि निपातितः ॥
येन बालः स सौभद्रो युद्धानाम् अविशारदः ॥
समर्थैर् बहुभिः क्रूरैर् घातितो नाभिपालितः ॥
येनाविब्रुवता प्रश्नं तथा कृष्णा सभां गता ॥
उपेक्षिता सपुत्रेण दासभावं नियच्छती ॥
kāmaḥ saṃpadyatām asya bībhatsor āśu māṃ prati ||
kalyāṇavṛtta ācāryo mayā yudhi nipātitaḥ ||
yena bālaḥ sa saubhadro yuddhānām aviśāradaḥ ||
samarthair bahubhiḥ krūrair ghātito nābhipālitaḥ ||
yenāvibruvatā praśnaṃ tathā kṛṣṇā sabhāṃ gatā ||
upekṣitā saputreṇa dāsabhāvaṃ niyacchatī ||
'Let the wish of this Bibhatsu [Arjuna] regarding me be fulfilled soon; the Acharya of virtuous conduct has been felled by me in battle. [He] by whom that young Saubhadra [Abhimanyu], unskilled in battles, was slain by many strong, cruel men, not spared; by whom, not answering the question, Krishna [Draupadi], brought into the assembly, was left without help, [by him] with his son, being dragged into slavery.'
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Yudhishthira confesses to the death of 'the Acharya of virtuous conduct' — and at once, as though arguing with himself, recalls Drona's sins: the death of Abhimanyu, his silence at Draupadi's humiliation. It is telling, this split in his conscience — guilt and grievance contend within him. The verse teaches that in a person's heart the truth about another is layered: both love and reckoned wrongs; and an honest heart hides neither side, bearing the weight of contradiction rather than resolving it with a convenient lie.