Shloka 33
Udyoga Parva, Adhyaya 104: Nārada on Suhṛt and Nirbandha; the Viśvāmitra–Gālava Exemplum Begins
कण्व उवाच तथा त्वमपि गान्धारे यावत् पाण्डुसुतान् रणे । नासादयसि तान् वीरांस्तावज्जीवसि पुत्रक
kaṇva uvāca tathā tvam api gāndhāre yāvat pāṇḍusutān raṇe | nāsādayasi tān vīrāṁs tāvaj jīvasi putraka ||
قال كانفا: «وأنت كذلك، يا ابن غاندھاري—يا بُنيّ—ما دمتَ لم تلقَ وجهاً لوجه في ساحة القتال أولئك الأبطال من أبناء باندو، فإلى ذلك الحدّ وحده تظلّ حيّاً.»
कण्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse warns that reckless hostility and pride-driven insistence on war lead toward self-destruction: Duryodhana’s life is portrayed as hanging on the moment he truly confronts the Pāṇḍavas, implying that unrighteous aggression invites inevitable ruin.
Sage Kaṇva addresses Duryodhana (as ‘son of Gāndhārī’) and delivers a sharp admonition: until Duryodhana actually meets the Pāṇḍavas in battle, he remains alive—suggesting that the coming confrontation will be fatal and that his course is perilous.