Shloka 7
भीष्मसेनापत्याभिषेकः
Bhīṣma’s Appointment as Commander-in-Chief
कृष्ण उवाच उक्तवानस्मि यद् वाक्यं धर्मार्थसहितं हितम् । नतु ततन्निकृतिप्रज्ञे कौरव्ये प्रतेतिष्ठति,श्रीकृष्ण बोले--मैंने जो धर्म और अर्थसे युक्त हितकर बात कही है, वह छल-कपट करनेमें ही कुशल कुरुवंशी दुर्योधनके मनमें नहीं बैठती है
kṛṣṇa uvāca | uktavān asmi yad vākyaṃ dharmārthasahitaṃ hitam | na tu tat nikṛtiprajñe kauravye prate tiṣṭhati ||
Kṛṣṇa sprach: Ich habe Worte gesprochen, heilsam und nützlich, gegründet auf Dharma und kluge Staatskunst. Doch sie schlagen keine Wurzeln im Sinn jenes Kaurava, Duryodhana, dessen Verstand nur in Trug und Ränken gewandt ist.
कृष्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ethically grounded counsel (dharma) aligned with practical welfare (artha) benefits everyone, but it cannot influence a mind committed to deception; moral advice requires receptivity and integrity to take root.
In the peace-effort context of the Udyoga Parva, Krishna reflects that his beneficial, dharma-and-artha-based words fail to settle in the Kaurava leader’s mind—pointing to Duryodhana’s entrenched deceit and resistance to reconciliation.