Shloka 19
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय २५: संजयदूतवाक्यम्
Sañjaya’s Envoy-Speech on Peace
सो>तं न पश्यामि परीक्षमाण: कथं स्वस्ति स्यात् कुरुसृंजयानाम् । आत्िश्वर्यो धृतराष्ट्र: परेभ्य: प्रत्राजिते विदुरे दीर्घदृष्टो
sa taṁ na paśyāmi parīkṣamāṇaḥ kathaṁ svasti syāt kurusṛñjayānām | atiśvaryo dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ parebhyaḥ pratrājite vidure dīrghadṛṣṭaḥ ||
Sanjaya said: Even after examining the matter from every side, I do not see how well-being can arise for both the Kurus and the Sṛñjayas. Dhṛtarāṣṭra, intoxicated with power, has driven into exile the far-sighted Vidura and seeks to wrest sovereignty from his rivals. With such a greedy king, it does not seem possible that a mere pact will endure without the occasion for conflict; for once the Pāṇḍavas went to the forest, the Kauravas began to regard all their wealth as their own.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
When rulers are driven by greed and power, they silence or exile wise counsel, making genuine welfare (svasti) for all sides impossible; diplomacy without ethical restraint cannot prevent conflict.
Sanjaya assesses the political situation and concludes that peace is unlikely: Dhṛtarāṣṭra, having expelled the prudent Vidura and seeking to seize the opponents’ sovereignty, cannot sustain a stable treaty, especially after the Pāṇḍavas’ forest-exile led the Kaurava side to treat their property as its own.