Shloka 47
Adhyāya 128 — Proposal to Restrain Keśava; Sātyaki’s Warning and Vidura–Dhṛtarāṣṭra Counsel
“भरतश्रेष्ठ! तुम पाण्डवोंको उनका राज्यभाग देकर सुहृदोंके बढ़ते हुए क्रोधको शान्त कर दो और अपने राज्यका यथोचित रीतिसे शासन करते रहो ।। अलमड़ निकारो<यं त्रयोदश समा: कृतः । शमयैनं महाप्राज्ञ कामक्रोधसमेधितम्,बेटा! पाण्डवोंको जो तेरह वर्षोके लिये निर्वासित कर दिया गया, यही उनका महान अपकार हुआ है। महामते! तुम्हारे काम और क्रोधसे इस अपकारकी और भी वृद्धि हुई है। अब तुम संधिके द्वारा इसे शान्त कर दो
vaiśampāyana uvāca | bharataśreṣṭha! tvaṃ pāṇḍavebhyo rājya-bhāgaṃ pradāya suhṛdāṃ vardhamānaṃ krodhaṃ śamaya, sva-rājyaṃ ca yathocita-rītyā pālaya || alam aḍa-nikāro 'yaṃ trayodaśa samāḥ kṛtaḥ | śamaya enaṃ mahāprājña kāma-krodha-samedhitam ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “O best of the Bharatas, give the Pāṇḍavas their rightful share of the kingdom and calm the rising anger of your well-wishers. Then continue to govern your realm in the proper manner. This is enough of wrongdoing—thirteen years have already been made to pass in exile. That banishment of the Pāṇḍavas was a grave injury to them, and through your lust and anger that injury has only been aggravated. Now pacify it through a settlement.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler should restrain desire and anger, repair past injustice, and choose reconciliation (sandhi) over escalation; rightful distribution and ethical governance are presented as the path to social peace and dharma.
In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war negotiations, the speaker urges the Kuru side to end the wrongdoing done to the Pāṇḍavas—especially the thirteen-year exile—by granting them their due share and calming the growing fury of allies, thereby preventing the slide toward war.