वैशंपायन उवाच
तथा तान् दुःखितान् दृष्ट्वा पाण्डवान् धृतराष्ट्रजः ॥
क्लिश्यमानां च पाञ्चालीं विकर्ण इदम् अब्रवीत् ॥
याज्ञसेन्या यद् उक्तं तद् वाक्यं विब्रूत पार्थिवाः ॥
अविवेकेन वाक्यस्य नरकः सद्य एव नः ॥
भीष्मश् च धृतराष्ट्रश् च कुरुवृद्धतमाव् उभौ ॥
समेत्य नाहतुः किं चिद् विदुरश् च महामतिः ॥
भारद्वाजो ऽपि सर्वेषाम् आचार्यः कृप एव च ॥
अत एताव् अपि प्रश्नं नाहतुर् द्विजसत्तमौ ॥
ये त्व् अन्ये पृथिवीपालाः समेताः सर्वतो दिशः ॥
कामक्रोधौ समुत्सृज्य ते ब्रुवन्तु यथामति ॥
यद् इदं द्रौपदी वाक्यम् उक्तवत्य् असकृच् छुभा ॥
विमृश्य कस्य कः पक्षः पार्थिवा वदतोत्तरम् ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
tathā tān duḥkhitān dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍavān dhṛtarāṣṭrajaḥ ||
kliśyamānāṃ ca pāñcālīṃ vikarṇa idam abravīt ||
yājñasenyā yad uktaṃ tad vākyaṃ vibrūta pārthivāḥ ||
avivekena vākyasya narakaḥ sadya eva naḥ ||
bhīṣmaś ca dhṛtarāṣṭraś ca kuruvṛddhatamāv ubhau ||
sametya nāhatuḥ kiṃ cid viduraś ca mahāmatiḥ ||
bhāradvājo 'pi sarveṣām ācāryaḥ kṛpa eva ca ||
ata etāv api praśnaṃ nāhatur dvijasattamau ||
ye tv anye pṛthivīpālāḥ sametāḥ sarvato diśaḥ ||
kāmakrodhau samutsṛjya te bruvantu yathāmati ||
yad idaṃ draupadī vākyam uktavaty asakṛc chubhā ||
vimṛśya kasya kaḥ pakṣaḥ pārthivā vadatottaram ||
Seeing the Pandavas grieving and Panchali being tormented, Vikarna, son of Dhritarashtra, said: "Give answer, O lords of the earth, to the word of Yajnaseni; if it remains unresolved — hell awaits us at once. Both Bhishma and Dhritarashtra, the eldest of the Kurus, having conferred, kept silent, as did Vidura, of great wisdom; and Drona, teacher of all, and Kripa — these two best of the twice-born did not resolve the question. But you, the other guardians of the earth gathered from every side, casting off passion and anger, speak according to your judgment. On the word that fair Draupadi has spoken more than once, deliberate on whose side the right lies, and give your answer."
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Amid the general silence, the youngest dares to speak — and in this the elders stand exposed: years and rank do not excuse muteness before wrongdoing. Vikarna fears not Duryodhana but hell, for he knows: one who is silent about a trampled dharma shares in the guilt. It is significant that he names all the great ones by name — Bhishma, Drona, Vidura — not to reproach them, but to show the full weight of an hour when the wisest fall silent. The verse teaches that truth does not wait for permission from age and power; and that in an assembly where conscience has grown mute, even the voice of the youngest becomes the voice of dharma.