Shloka 28
Udyoga Parva, Adhyaya 31 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Instructions to Sañjaya
Peace Appeal and Five-Village Proposal
स त्वां गहें भारतानां विरोधा- दन्तो नूनं भवितायं प्रजानाम् । नो चेदिदं तव कर्मापराधात् कुरून् दहेत् कृष्णवर्त्मेव कक्षम्
sa tvāṃ garhe bhāratānāṃ virodhād anto nūnaṃ bhavitāyaṃ prajānām | no ced idaṃ tava karmāparādhāt kurūn dahet kṛṣṇavartmeva kakṣam ||
قال سنجيا: «إني ألومك لأنك تؤجّج الشقاق بين آل بهاراتا، فمن هذه العداوة سيأتي هلاك الرعية لا محالة. وإن لم تعمل بما أحثّك عليه، فبسبب خطيئة أفعالك سيحرق أرجونا آل كورو—كما تلتهم النار، وهي تمضي في مسارها المعتم، غيضةً من العشب اليابس.»
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Stoking factional hostility within a lineage is an ethical failure with public consequences: the ruler’s or leader’s wrongful action (karmāparādha) can precipitate widespread ruin, and violence—once unleashed—spreads like fire through dry brush.
Sañjaya delivers a sharp warning: by sustaining the Kuru–Pāṇḍava conflict, the addressee is driving the realm toward catastrophe. He predicts that if corrective action is not taken, Arjuna will destroy the Kurus, compared to fire consuming a thicket.