Shloka 16
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 64: Arjuna’s Instruction to Sanjaya
Message to the Kuru Assembly
अर्जुनस्तत् तथाकार्षीत् कि पुनः सर्व एव ते । स भ्रातृनभिजानीहि वृत्त्या त॑ प्रतिपादय,देखो, जब अकले अर्जुनने इतना अद्भुत कार्य कर डाला, तब वे सब भाई मिलकर क्या नहीं कर सकते? अतः तुम पाण्डवोंको अपना भाई ही समझो और उनकी वृत्ति (स्वत्व) उन्हें देकर उनके साथ भ्रातृत्व बढ़ाओ
arjunas tat tathākārṣīt ki punaḥ sarva eva te | sa bhrātṝn abhijānīhi vṛttyā tān pratipādaya ||
Vidura said: “Arjuna accomplished that deed exactly as it was required—what then could all of those brothers together not accomplish? Therefore, recognize the Pāṇḍavas as your own brothers, and by restoring to them their rightful means of livelihood and inheritance, strengthen brotherhood with them.”
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vidura urges ethical statecraft: acknowledge the Pāṇḍavas as family and avert conflict by restoring their rightful entitlement and means of livelihood; justice and kinship must override envy and factionalism.
In the Udyoga Parva’s peace-counsel context, Vidura argues from Arjuna’s proven capability: if one brother could achieve such a feat, the united brothers are even more formidable—so the wise course is reconciliation through granting the Pāṇḍavas their due.