Shloka 75
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 71 — Kṣatra-dharma Counsel, Public Legitimacy, and Mobilization
पुत्रस्नेहश्च बलवान् धृतराष्ट्रस्य माधव । स पुत्रवशमापन्न: प्रणिपातं प्रहास्यति,माधव! धृतराष्ट्रमें अपने पुत्रके प्रति प्रबल आसक्ति है। वे पुत्रके वशमें होनेके कारण कभी झुकना नहीं स्वीकार करेंगे
putrasnehaś ca balavān dhṛtarāṣṭrasya mādhava | sa putravaśam āpannaḥ praṇipātaṃ prahāsyati ||
قال يُدْهِشْتِيرَا: «يا مَادْهَفَا، إن محبة دِهْرِتَرَاشْتْرَةَ لأبنائه طاغيةٌ قوية. وقد وقع تحت سلطانهم، فلن يقبل تواضع الانحناء (خضوعًا أو طلبًا للصلح).»
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Excessive attachment (putrasneha) can overpower judgment and dharma, making a leader incapable of humility, compromise, or corrective action—even when such submission would prevent greater harm.
In the lead-up to war, Yudhiṣṭhira explains to Kṛṣṇa (Mādhava) that Dhṛtarāṣṭra is dominated by affection for his sons and therefore will not genuinely bow or yield to a peace-making, dharma-aligned settlement.