Shloka 48
उद्योगपर्व — गान्धारी-उपदेशः
Udyoga Parva — Gandhārī’s Counsel to Duryodhana
तथा दुर्योधन कर्ण शकुनिं चापि सौबलम् | बद्ध्वा दुःशासनं चापि पाण्डवेभ्य: प्रयच्छथ,“भरतवंशियो! उसी प्रकार आपलोग दुर्योधन, कर्ण, सुबलपुत्र शकुनि तथा दुःशासनको बंदी बनाकर पाण्डवोंके हाथमें दे दें
tathā duryodhanaṃ karṇaṃ śakuniṃ cāpi saubalam | baddhvā duḥśāsanaṃ cāpi pāṇḍavebhyaḥ prayacchatha ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “In the same way, seize Duryodhana, Karṇa, and Śakuni the son of Subala, and also bind Duḥśāsana; then hand them over to the Pāṇḍavas.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes curbing wrongdoing by restraining the principal agents of injustice and making them answerable, suggesting that peace and dharma are better served by targeted accountability than by allowing a whole society to be dragged into war.
Within the Udyoga Parva’s negotiations and counsels before the great war, a directive is voiced to capture and bind key Kaurava figures—Duryodhana, Karṇa, Śakuni, and Duḥśāsana—and deliver them to the Pāṇḍavas, presenting a drastic measure aimed at preventing escalation.