संजय उवाच
रथस्थं पुरुषव्याघ्रं दृष्ट्वा कर्णम् अवस्थितम् ॥
हृष्टो दुर्योधनो राजन्न् इदं वचनम् अब्रवीत् ॥
सनाथम् इदम् अत्यर्थं भवता पालितं बलम् ॥
मन्ये किं तु समर्थं यद् धितं तत् संप्रधार्यताम् ॥
कर्ण उवाच
ब्रूहि तत् पुरुषव्याघ्र त्वं हि प्राज्ञतमो नृप ॥
यथा चार्थपतिः कृत्यं पश्यते न तथेतरः ॥
ते स्म सर्वे तव वचः श्रोतुकामा नरेश्वर ॥
नान्याय्यं हि भवान् वाक्यं ब्रूयाद् इति मतिर् मम ॥
saṃjaya uvāca
rathasthaṃ puruṣavyāghraṃ dṛṣṭvā karṇam avasthitam ||
hṛṣṭo duryodhano rājann idaṃ vacanam abravīt ||
sanātham idam atyarthaṃ bhavatā pālitaṃ balam ||
manye kiṃ tu samarthaṃ yad dhitaṃ tat saṃpradhāryatām ||
karṇa uvāca
brūhi tat puruṣavyāghra tvaṃ hi prājñatamo nṛpa ||
yathā cārthapatiḥ kṛtyaṃ paśyate na tathetaraḥ ||
te sma sarve tava vacaḥ śrotukāmā nareśvara ||
nānyāyyaṃ hi bhavān vākyaṃ brūyād iti matir mama ||
Seeing Karna, the tiger among men, standing ready upon his chariot, Duryodhana, delighted, O king, spoke this word: 'This army, exceedingly well guarded by you, is now, I think, under sure guidance; but still let it be decided what is effective and for our good. Speak this, O tiger among men, for you, O king, are the wisest; as the master of an affair sees what is proper, an outsider does not see it thus. All the kings long to heed your word, O lord of men; for you would say nothing contrary to truth — such is my conviction.'
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Duryodhana flatters Karna, calling him the 'wisest' and 'tiger among men' — and calculation shows through this lavish praise: a ruler seeking counsel first wins over his counselor with flattery. Yet his very words — 'you would say nothing contrary to truth' — turn into a reproach against himself, for his whole campaign is contrary to truth. It is telling that he entrusts the question of a commander not to the elders but to a friend of equal standing: closeness of heart matters more to him than seniority. The verse teaches that even sound counsel, sought for an unrighteous cause, will not sanctify it; and that appealing to a counselor's wisdom is fruitless when the questioner himself is deaf to the truth about his own path.