Shloka 13
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 137 — Bhīṣma–Droṇa Counsel and the Ethics of Restraint
तमभ्येत्य सहामात्य: परिष्वज्य नृपात्मजम् | अभिवादय राजानं यथापूर्वमरिंदम,'शत्रुदमन! तुम अपने मन्त्रियोंके साथ पाण्डुकुमार राजा युधिष्ठिके पास जाओ और पहलेहीकी भाँति उनके हृदयसे लगकर उन्हें प्रणाम करो
tam abhyetya sahāmātyaḥ pariṣvajya nṛpātmajam | abhivādaya rājānaṃ yathāpūrvam ariṃdama ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “Approach the king’s son together with your ministers; embrace him, and then salute King Yudhiṣṭhira just as you did before, O subduer of foes.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid looming conflict, dharma is upheld through respectful conduct—approaching with elders/ministers, offering an embrace, and saluting as formerly—so that dialogue can proceed without arrogance or provocation.
Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates an instruction to approach a prince with accompanying ministers, embrace him, and then formally pay respects to King Yudhiṣṭhira in the customary earlier manner, signaling an attempt to maintain decorum and reopen communication.