Shloka 12
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 47 — Arjuna’s Deterrent Declaration
Sañjaya’s Report
हिया ज्ञानेन तपसा दमेन शौर्येणाथो धर्मगुप्त्या धनेन । अन्यायवृत्ति: कुरुपाण्डवेया- नध्यातिष्ठेद् धार्तराष्ट्रो दुरात्मा,अन्यायपूर्ण बर्ताव करनेवाले दुरात्मा दुर्योधनको उचित है कि वह लज्जा, ज्ञान, तपस्या, इन्द्रियसंयम, शौर्य, धर्मरक्षा आदि गुणों तथा धनके द्वारा कौरव-पाण्डवोंपर अधिकार प्राप्त करे (सदगुणोंद्वारा सबके हृदयको जीते, अन्यायसे शासन करना असम्भव है)
hrīyā jñānena tapasā damena śauryeṇātho dharmaguptyā dhanena | anyāyavṛttiḥ kurupāṇḍaveyān adhyātiṣṭhed dhārtarāṣṭro durātmā ||
Sañjaya said: Let the wicked Dhārtarāṣṭra (Duryodhana), whose conduct is unrighteous, seek to win authority over the Kurus and the sons of Pāṇḍu not through injustice, but by modesty and moral shame, by true knowledge, by austerity, by self-restraint, by valor, by safeguarding dharma, and by rightful wealth. Rule cannot be secured by wrongdoing; it is gained by virtues that conquer hearts.
संजय उवाच