Shloka 36
न प्रदास्यति भेद् राज्यमितो वर्षे चतुर्दशे । दुर्योधनो$भिसत्कृत्य सत्यमेतद् भविष्यति,यदि आजसे चौदहवें वर्षमें दुर्योधन सत्कारपूर्वक हमारा राज्य हमें वापस न दे देगा तो ये सब बातें सत्य होकर रहेंगी
na pradāsyati bhed rājyaṃ ito varṣe caturdaśe | duryodhano 'bhisatkṛtya satyam etad bhaviṣyati, yadi ājase caudahveṃ varṣeṃ duryodhana satkārapūrvaka hamārā rājya hameṃ vāpas na de degā to ye sab bāteṃ satya hokar raheṅgī |
Arjuna said: “If, in the fourteenth year from now, Duryodhana does not—after due courtesies and proper acknowledgment—restore our kingdom to us, then what has been declared will inevitably prove true.”
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores accountability in dharma: when a rightful claim (the kingdom) is denied even after agreed conditions (the exile term), the resulting consequences become morally inevitable, and responsibility rests on the one who refuses restitution.
Arjuna states a conditional warning: if Duryodhana does not return the Pandavas’ kingdom in the fourteenth year—after proper formalities—then the foretold outcome (implied conflict and its results) will certainly come to pass.