Shloka 20
अध्याय १२२ — कृष्णस्य दुर्योधनं प्रति नीत्युपदेशः
Kṛṣṇa’s Ethical Counsel to Duryodhana
श्रोतव्यं हितकामानां सुहृदां हितमिच्छताम् । न कर्तव्यों हि निर्बन्धो निर्बन्धो हि क्षयोदय:
śrotavyaṃ hitakāmānāṃ suhṛdāṃ hitam icchatām | na kartavyo hi nirbandho nirbandho hi kṣayodayaḥ ||
Nārada said: “One should listen to those well-wishing friends who desire one’s good. Obstinate insistence must never be indulged in, for such stubbornness becomes the very source of ruin and destructive consequences.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Accept counsel from genuine well-wishers and avoid stubborn insistence; obstinacy clouds judgment and becomes a direct cause of ruin.
Nārada delivers moral-political counsel, urging the listener to heed friendly advice and warning that rigid obstinacy leads toward destruction—an admonition suited to the tense pre-war deliberations of the Udyoga Parva.