Shloka 10
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ८१: कृष्णस्य दूतप्रयाणम्
Udyoga Parva, Chapter 81: Krishna Sets Out as Envoy
अप्रदानेन राज्यस्य यदि कृष्ण सुयोधन: । संधिमिच्छेन्न कर्तव्यं तत्र गत्वा कथठ्चन,भगवन्! आपके वहाँ जानेपर यदि दुर्योधन राज्य दिये बिना ही संधि करना चाहे तो आप इसे किसी तरह स्वीकार न कीजियेगा
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: apradānena rājyasya yadi kṛṣṇa suyodhanaḥ | sandhim icchen na kartavyaṃ tatra gatvā kathaṃcana, bhagavan |
বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে—হে কৃষ্ণ! যদি সুয়োধন (দুৰ্যোধন) ৰাজ্য নেদিয়াকৈয়ে সন্ধি বিচাৰে, তেন্তে তুমি তাত গৈয়ো, হে ভগৱান, কোনোপধ্যেই তেনে সন্ধি গ্ৰহণ নকৰিবা।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Peace is ethically valid only when it is grounded in justice. A settlement that denies rightful claims—here, refusing to grant the kingdom—amounts to a hollow ‘peace’ and should not be accepted even for the sake of avoiding conflict.
In the Udyoga Parva context of pre-war negotiations, Kṛṣṇa is being urged that if Duryodhana proposes a treaty while still withholding the kingdom, Kṛṣṇa must reject such terms and not legitimize an unjust compromise.