Shloka 50
अध्याय ४ — दुर्योधनस्य असंधि-निश्चयः
Duryodhana’s Refusal of Reconciliation
एतत् क्षेममहं मन्ये न च पार्थश्च विग्रहम् । नत्वां ब्रवीमि कार्पण्यान्न प्राणपरिरक्षणात्
etat kṣemam ahaṃ manye na ca pārthaś ca vigraham | na tvāṃ bravīmi kārpaṇyān na prāṇaparirakṣaṇāt ||
قال سانجيا: «أرى هذا السبيلَ أأمنَ وأصلحَ، ولا أظنّ أن بارثا (أرجونا) ينبغي أن يدخل في خصومة. وما أقوله لك ليس عن جبنٍ ووهنٍ، ولا رغبةً في حفظ حياتي أنا.»
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse distinguishes prudent restraint from cowardice: advising a safer, welfare-oriented course and discouraging needless conflict is ethically valid when motivated by kṣema (the common good) rather than by kārpaṇya (faint-heartedness) or fear for one’s own life.
Sañjaya, while reporting events and counsel in the war context, states his judgment that it is better and safer not to provoke or enter into a direct quarrel with Pārtha (Arjuna), and he clarifies that his advice is not driven by personal fear or self-preservation.