Shloka 10
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 3 — Sātyaki on Inner Disposition, Legitimacy, and Coercive Readiness
एवमप्ययमत्यन्तं परान् नाहति याचितुम् । वनवासके बन्धनसे मुक्त होकर अब ये अपने बाप-दादोंके राज्यको पानेके न्यायतः अधिकारी हो गये हैं। यदि युधिष्ठिर अन्यायसे भी अपना धन, अपना राज्य लेनेकी इच्छा करें, तो भी अत्यन्त दीन बनकर शत्रुओंके सामने हाथ फैलाने या भीख माँगनेके योग्य नहीं हैं।। कथं च धर्मयुक्तास्ते न च राज्यं जिहीर्षव:
evam apy ayam atyantaṁ parān nāhati yācitum | vanavāsake bandhanase muktaḥ kṛtvā idānīm ete sva-pitṛ-paitāmaha-rājyaṁ prāptuṁ nyāyataḥ adhikāriṇaḥ jātaḥ | yadi yudhiṣṭhiraḥ anyāyena api svaṁ dhanaṁ svaṁ rājyaṁ grahītuṁ icchet, tathāpi atyanta-dīnaḥ bhūtvā śatrūṇāṁ samakṣaṁ hastaṁ prasārayitum vā bhikṣāṁ yācitum vā yogyāḥ na santi || kathaṁ ca dharmayuktās te na ca rājyaṁ jihīrṣavaḥ ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Even so, he cannot bring himself to beg from others. Having been released from the bondage of exile in the forest, they have now become rightful claimants, by justice, to the kingdom of their fathers and grandfathers. Even if Yudhiṣṭhira were to desire to take back his wealth and his realm by means that are not strictly fair, still they are not fit to become utterly abject—stretching out their hands before enemies or asking for alms. And how could they, being aligned with dharma, not seek their own kingdom?
वैशम्पायन उवाच