Shloka 2
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय 70: युधिष्ठिरस्य शान्त्युपायविचारः
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Deliberation on Peace-Means
ईरयन्तं भारतीं भारताना- मभ्यर्चनीयां शड़करीं सृंजयानाम् । बुभूषद्धिग्ग्रहणीयामनिन्द्यां परासूनामग्रहणीयरूपाम्,भगवान् अत्यन्त मनोहर वाणीमें जो प्रवचन करेंगे, वह भरतवंशियों तथा सूंजयोंके लिये कल्याणकारी तथा आदरणीय होगा। ऐश्वर्यकी इच्छा रखनेवाले पुरुषोंके लिये भगवान्की वह वाणी अनिन्द्य और शिरोधार्य होगी; परंतु जो मृत्युके निकट पहुँच चुके हैं, उन्हें वह अग्राह्म प्रतीत होगी
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca |
īrayantaṃ bhāratīṃ bhāratānām abhyarcanīyāṃ śaṅkarīṃ sṛñjayānām |
bubhūṣadbhir grahaṇīyām anindyāṃ parāsūnām agrahaṇīyarūpām ||
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “The discourse that the Blessed Lord is about to utter—stirring and setting in motion this sacred speech—will be auspicious and worthy of reverent acceptance for the Bhāratas and the Sṛñjayas. For those who seek prosperity and well-being, that divine utterance will be blameless and fit to be held upon the head (accepted as supreme counsel); but to those already near death and ruin, it will appear unacceptable and impossible to take in.”
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wise counsel is intrinsically auspicious and blameless, but its reception depends on the listener’s inner condition: those oriented toward welfare and dharma can accept it, while those already committed to self-destruction (as if ‘near death’) find it ungraspable and reject it.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra anticipates a forthcoming divine or authoritative discourse meant to guide the Bhāratas and the Sṛñjayas at a critical moment before the great conflict; he notes that such counsel will benefit the receptive, yet will not be taken in by those headed toward ruin.