Mahābhārata · 7.62.8–9
॥
Devanāgarī
स कृत्वा पितृकर्म त्वं पुत्रं संस्थाप्य सत्पथे ॥
वर्तेथा यदि धर्मेण न त्वां व्यसनम् आव्रजेत् ॥
त्वं तु प्राज्ञतमो लोके हित्वा धर्मं सनातनम् ॥
दुर्योधनस्य कर्णस्य शकुनेश् चान्वगा मतम् ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
sa kṛtvā pitṛkarma tvaṃ putraṃ saṃsthāpya satpathe ||
vartethā yadi dharmeṇa na tvāṃ vyasanam āvrajet ||
tvaṃ tu prājñatamo loke hitvā dharmaṃ sanātanam ||
duryodhanasya karṇasya śakuneś cānvagā matam ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
सः कृत्वा पितृकर्म त्वम्saḥ kṛtvā pitṛkarma tvamyou, having performed the father's duty; you, having fulfilled the paternal duty
पुत्रम् संस्थाप्य सत्पथेputram saṃsthāpya satpathehaving established the son on the good path; having established the son on the good path
वर्तेथाः यदि धर्मेणvartethāḥ yadi dharmeṇaif you had acted according to dharma; if you had acted according to dharma
न त्वाम् व्यसनम् आव्रजेत्na tvām vyasanam āvrajetmisfortune would not have befallen you; misfortune would not have befallen you
त्वम् तु प्राज्ञतमः लोकेtvam tu prājñatamaḥ lokeyou, however, wisest in the world; you, however, wisest in the world
हित्वा धर्मम् सनातनम्hitvā dharmam sanātanamhaving abandoned the eternal dharma; having abandoned the eternal dharma
दुर्योधनस्य कर्णस्यduryodhanasya karṇasyaof Duryodhana, of Karna; of Duryodhana, of Karna
शकुनेः च अन्वगाः मतम्śakuneḥ ca anvagāḥ matamand of Shakuni, followed the opinion; and of Shakuni, followed the opinion
Traducción
"You, having performed the father's duty, having established your son on the good path, [if you] had acted according to dharma — misfortune would not have befallen you. But you, wisest in the world, having abandoned the eternal dharma, followed the opinion of Duryodhana, Karna, and Shakuni."
Versión
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The sharpest denunciation lies in the contradiction: "prājñatamaḥ loke hitvā dharmaṃ sanātanam," "wisest in the world — abandoned the eternal dharma." His knowledge was highest, yet his choice was lowest. It is telling that Sanjaya does not deny Dhritarashtra's intelligence, but blames him the more heavily for it: the sin of the wise is graver than the sin of the ignorant. The verse teaches that wisdom without adherence to dharma is the gravest fault of all: the wisest, who rejected the eternal law for the counsel of passionate men, sins knowingly; and the greater the discernment given, the stricter the reckoning for its betrayal.