Mahabharata — Sabha Parva, Shloka 39
Śakuni–Duryodhana-saṃvāda: Dyūta-yojanā (Śakuni and Duryodhana on Planning the Dice-Game)
उक्तस्योक्तस्य नेहान्तमहं समुपलक्षये । यत् तु वक्ष्यामि तत् सर्व शृणुध्वं वसुधाधिपा:
uktasyoktasyanehāntam ahaṃ samupalakṣaye | yat tu vakṣyāmi tat sarvaṃ śṛṇudhvaṃ vasudhādhipāḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana sagte: „Ich sehe hier kein Ende, wenn ich auf jede Äußerung einzeln antworten wollte. Darum, o Herren der Erde, hört aufmerksam auf alles, was ich nun verkünden werde.“
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined speech and effective counsel: instead of endless point-by-point rebuttal, the speaker chooses a concise, comprehensive statement and asks rulers to listen with focused attention—an ethical model for deliberation in royal assemblies.
Vaiśampāyana addresses the gathered kings, indicating that responding separately to every repeated claim would be interminable; he transitions to delivering a single, complete account or judgment and urges them to hear it carefully.