दुर्योधन उवाच
जानन् वै मोहयसि मां नावि नौर् इव संयता ॥
स्वार्थे किं नावधानं ते उताहो द्वेष्टि मां भवान् ॥
न सन्तीमे धार्तराष्ट्रा येषां त्वम् अनुशासिता ॥
भविष्यम् अर्थम् आख्यासि सदा त्वं कृत्यम् आत्मनः ॥
परप्रणेयो ऽग्रणीर् हि यश् च मार्गात् प्रमुह्यति ॥
पन्थानम् अनुगच्छेयुः कथं तस्य पदानुगाः ॥
राजन् परिगतप्रज्ञो वृद्धसेवी जितेन्द्रियः ॥
प्रतिपन्नान् स्वकार्येषु संमोहयसि नो भृशम् ॥
duryodhana uvāca
jānan vai mohayasi māṃ nāvi naur iva saṃyatā ||
svārthe kiṃ nāvadhānaṃ te utāho dveṣṭi māṃ bhavān ||
na santīme dhārtarāṣṭrā yeṣāṃ tvam anuśāsitā ||
bhaviṣyam artham ākhyāsi sadā tvaṃ kṛtyam ātmanaḥ ||
parapraṇeyo 'graṇīr hi yaś ca mārgāt pramuhyati ||
panthānam anugaccheyuḥ kathaṃ tasya padānugāḥ ||
rājan parigataprajño vṛddhasevī jitendriyaḥ ||
pratipannān svakāryeṣu saṃmohayasi no bhṛśam ||
Knowing everything, you bewilder me, like a boat tied to another boat; have you no regard for your own advantage, or do you hate me? These sons of Dhritarashtra, whose guide you are, will not survive, for about what we ought to do you always say, 'the future is already settled.' A leader led by others, one who strays from the path — how will his followers follow that path? O king, you of mature judgment, attendant of elders, master of your senses — you greatly confound us who are intent upon our own affairs.
56e0475222ff · प्रकाशित 16 जुल॰ 2026, 3:49:22 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The son insolently contradicts the father, turning his virtues into reproach: maturity, service to elders, mastery of the senses — all this, according to Duryodhana, merely 'confounds' the resolute. It is significant how passion overturns all valuations: for one possessed by ambition, calm wisdom is an obstacle, and the call to peace is weakness. The verse teaches that to an unyielding heart even a father's good sense sounds hostile: to one set upon his own course, every call to moderation is an obstruction. And the charge of fatalism ('the future is settled') recoils upon Duryodhana himself, who will soon shield his own willfulness behind 'fate.' Where the son teaches the father, and passion teaches wisdom, order has already been overturned, and calamity stands at the door.