Shloka 36
Dambhodbhava, Nara-Nārāyaṇa, and the Counsel to Abandon Hubris
Udyoga-parva 94
सुवासस: स्रग्विणश्व॒ सत्कृता भरतर्षभ | अमर्ष च निराकृत्य वैराणि च परंतप
suvāsasaḥ sragviṇaś ca satkṛtā bharatarṣabha | amarṣaṃ ca nirākṛtya vairāṇi ca parantapa ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana sprach: „O Stier der Bhāratas, o Bezwinger der Feinde—mögen diese Könige, in feine Gewänder gekleidet und mit Girlanden geschmückt, geehrt und dann von hier mit Achtung entlassen werden, nachdem sie Groll und Feindschaft aus ihrem Sinn verbannt haben.“
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in tense political situations, dharma requires honoring guests and restraining inner hostility; resentment (amarṣa) and enmity (vaira) should be consciously set aside to preserve the possibility of peace and moral clarity.
Vaiśaṃpāyana reports an instruction that the assembled kings should be respectfully honored—fine clothes and garlands signifying dignity—and then dismissed, with the expectation that they depart free from anger and feud, reflecting a formal diplomatic closure.