Shloka 33
Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 72 — Bhīmasena’s counsel on conciliation and Duryodhana’s disposition
गर्हयिष्यामि चैवैनं पौरजानपदेष्वपि । वृद्धबालानुपादाय चातुर्वण्यें समागते
garhayiṣyāmi caivainaṃ paurajānapadeṣv api | vṛddhabālān upādāya cāturvarṇye samāgate ||
قال يودهيشثيرا: «سأذمّه حقًّا—أمام أهل المدن وأهل القرى كذلك. آخُذُ معي الشيوخَ والأطفالَ، وفي حضرة النظام الاجتماعي ذي الفَرْنات الأربع وقد اجتمع، سأُشهِرُ التنديدَ بدوريودhana على الملأ.»
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler’s moral stance is not merely private: wrongdoing that threatens dharma may be named and censured publicly, before all sections of society, so that ethical norms are reaffirmed and responsibility is fixed.
In the tense pre-war negotiations of the Udyoga Parva, Yudhiṣṭhira declares that he will openly denounce Duryodhana before citizens and rural subjects alike, with elders and children present, and before the assembled four varṇas—signaling a move toward public moral judgment amid political crisis.