Shloka 18

Udyoga Parva, Adhyaya 31 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Instructions to Sañjaya

Peace Appeal and Five-Village Proposal

Devanagari script

हीनप्रज्ञो दौष्कुलेयो नृशंसो दीर्घ वैरी क्षत्रविद्यास्वधीर: । एवंधर्मानापद: संश्रयेयु- हीनवीरयों यश्न भवेदशिष्ट:

Translation

Those who are dull-witted, born of low lineage, cruel, long-harboring enmity, unskilled in the warrior arts proper to a kṣatriya, lacking valor, and ill-mannered—upon people of such a nature do calamities come to rest.

Speaker

संजय उवाच