Mahabharata 7.201.5 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 201, Shloka 5
यस्माद् युध्यन्तमाचार्य धर्मकञ्चुकमास्थित: । मुज्च शस्त्रमिति प्राह कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिर:
yasmād yudhyantam ācārya dharmakañcukam āsthitaḥ | muñca śastram iti prāha kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
Sañjaya sprach: Als Kuntīs Sohn Yudhiṣṭhira den Lehrer im Kampf sah, der noch immer in die „Rüstung“ des Dharma gekleidet war, rief er: „Leg deine Waffe nieder!“
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Even in war, dharma can be invoked as a moral check: Yudhiṣṭhira appeals to Droṇa’s identity as a righteous teacher, urging him to renounce violence. The verse highlights the ethical strategy of calling an adversary back to their professed values.
Sañjaya reports that Yudhiṣṭhira addresses the battling Ācārya (Droṇa). Noting that Droṇa still appears ‘clothed’ in dharma, Yudhiṣṭhira urges him to lay down his weapon—an attempt to stop or soften the confrontation through moral appeal.
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