तं न वित्तपतिर् नेन्द्रो न यमो न जलेश्वरः ॥
नासुरोरगरक्षांसि क्षपयेयुः सहायुधम् ॥
मूढास् त्व् एतानि भाषन्ते यानीमान्य् आत्थ भारत ॥
युद्धे ह्य् अर्जुनम् आसाद्य स्वस्तिमान् को व्रजेद् गृहान् ॥
त्वं तु सर्वातिशङ्कित्वान् निष्ठुरः पापनिश्चयः ॥
श्रेयसस् त्वद्धिते युक्तांस् तत् तद् वक्तुम् इहेच्छसि ॥
गच्छ त्वम् अपि कौन्तेयम् आत्मार्थेभ्यो हि माचिरम् ॥
त्वम् अप्य् आशंससे योद्धुं कुलजः क्षत्रियो ह्य् असि ॥
taṃ na vittapatir nendro na yamo na jaleśvaraḥ ||
nāsuroragarakṣāṃsi kṣapayeyuḥ sahāyudham ||
mūḍhās tv etāni bhāṣante yānīmāny āttha bhārata ||
yuddhe hy arjunam āsādya svastimān ko vrajed gṛhān ||
tvaṃ tu sarvātiśaṅkitvān niṣṭhuraḥ pāpaniścayaḥ ||
śreyasas tvaddhite yuktāṃs tat tad vaktum ihecchasi ||
gaccha tvam api kaunteyam ātmārthebhyo hi māciram ||
tvam apy āśaṃsase yoddhuṃ kulajaḥ kṣatriyo hy asi ||
"...who would destroy the inexhaustible one, a kshatriya -- the bull among kshatriyas? Him neither the lord of wealth [Kubera], nor Indra, nor Yama, nor the lord of waters [Varuna], nor asuras, serpents, rakshasas would destroy together with [his] weapon. Only fools say this, what you have said, O Bharata; for, having met Arjuna in battle, who would go home unharmed? You, however, out of your endless suspicion, cruel, with sinful intent -- those zealous for your welfare -- wish to reproach with this and that here. Go, you too, against the son of Kunti; for your own sake, do not delay."
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Drona names the king's vice outright: "endless suspicion, cruelty, sinful intent" -- and bids him go against Arjuna himself. It is telling that the teacher rebukes not the enemy but his own lord. The verse teaches that true honesty does not flatter the powerful: a worthy man speaks the truth to his master's face, unafraid of his wrath; and to expose a suspicious ruler's vice is a duty of loyalty higher than obedience, for it serves not whim but truth.