भीमसेनस् तु सव्रीडम् अब्रवीत् पितरं तव ॥
अश्वत्थामा हत इति तच् चाबुध्यत ते पिता ॥
स शङ्कमानस् तन् मिथ्या धर्मराजम् अपृच्छत ॥
हतं वाप्य् अहतं वाजौ त्वां पिता पुत्रवत्सलः ॥
तदतथ्यभये मग्नो जये सक्तो युधिष्ठिरः ॥
अश्वत्थामानम् आहेदं हतः कुञ्जर इत्य् उत ॥
भीमेन गिरिवर्ष्माणं मालवस्येन्द्रवर्मणः ॥
उपसृत्य तदा द्रोणम् उच्चैर् इदम् अभाषत ॥
यस्यार्थे शस्त्रम् आधत्से यम् अवेक्ष्य च जीवसि ॥
पुत्रस् ते दयितो नित्यं शो ऽश्वत्थामा निपातितः ॥
bhīmasenas tu savrīḍam abravīt pitaraṃ tava ||
aśvatthāmā hata iti tac cābudhyata te pitā ||
sa śaṅkamānas tan mithyā dharmarājam apṛcchata ||
hataṃ vāpy ahataṃ vājau tvāṃ pitā putravatsalaḥ ||
tadatathyabhaye magno jaye sakto yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
aśvatthāmānam āhedaṃ hataḥ kuñjara ity uta ||
bhīmena girivarṣmāṇaṃ mālavasyendravarmaṇaḥ ||
upasṛtya tadā droṇam uccair idam abhāṣata ||
yasyārthe śastram ādhatse yam avekṣya ca jīvasi ||
putras te dayito nityaṃ śo 'śvatthāmā nipātitaḥ ||
"Bhimasena, with shame, said to your father [Drona]: 'Ashvatthaman is slain'; and thus your father understood it [literally]. He, suspecting it to be false, asked the king of dharma whether you were slain or unslain in battle -- [asked] the father, tenderly loving his son. Sunk in fear of that falsehood, attached to victory, Yudhishthira said thus about Ashvatthaman: 'slain' -- and [quietly] added 'an elephant' -- [the elephant] the size of a mountain, [belonging to] Indravarman of Malava, [slain] by Bhima. Then, approaching Drona, he [Yudhishthira] spoke this loudly: 'For whose sake you bear arms, gazing on whom you live -- your son, ever beloved, that Ashvatthaman has fallen.'"
6273953048ce · 发布于 2026年7月19日 17:08:17 UTC
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The heart of the legend: Yudhishthira, "attached to victory," utters a half-truth -- loudly "slain," softly "an elephant." It is telling that it is the king of dharma himself who lies, and lies not by word but by concealment: a falsehood cloaked in literal truth remains a falsehood in substance. The verse teaches that truthfulness is measured not by the precision of words but by the intention of the heart; and Yudhishthira's fall here is a warning that attachment to the fruit can corrupt even the most righteous, turning his truth into an instrument of deceit.