Shloka 1936
Duryodhana-vadha-pratikriyā: Harṣa, Nindā, and Kṛṣṇa’s Nīti-vyākhyā (Śalya-parva 60)
तेषां वृद्धया हि वृद्धिनों मा क्रुध: पुरुषर्षभ । “अत: प्रलम्बहन्ता बलभद्रजी! मैं इसमें भीमसेनका कोई दोष नहीं देखता; इसलिये आप क्रोध न कीजिये। हमारा पाण्डवोंके साथ यौन-सम्बन्ध तो है ही। परस्पर सुख देनेवाले सौहार्दसे भी हमलोग बँधे हुए हैं। पुरुषप्रवर! इन पाण्डवोंकी वृद्धिसे हमारी भी वृद्धि है, अतः आप क्रोध न करें"
teṣāṁ vṛddhyā hi vṛddhir no mā krudhaḥ puruṣarṣabha | ataḥ pralambahantā balabhadra-jī na cātra bhīmasenasya kaścid doṣo mayā dṛśyate | tasmān mā roṣaṁ kṛthāḥ | asmākaṁ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha bandhur-bhāvo 'sti | paraspara-sukha-pradāyinaḥ sauhārdena ca vayaṁ baddhāḥ | puruṣa-pravara pāṇḍavānāṁ vṛddhyā asmākam api vṛddhir bhavati iti mā krudhaḥ ||
Sañjaya said: “Our own prosperity increases when theirs increases; therefore, O best of men, do not be angry. O slayer of Pralamba, Balabhadra, I see no fault at all in Bhimasena in this matter. So restrain your wrath. We are bound to the Pandavas by kinship, and also by a mutual goodwill that brings happiness to one another. O foremost of men, the rise of the Pandavas is also our rise—therefore do not be angered.”
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