Shloka 63
आखयातारश्न विद्यन्ते पुमांश्चेद् विद्यते कुले दीर्घकालतक मनमें दबाये रखनेपर भी वैरकी आग सर्वथा बुझ नहीं पाती; क्योंकि यदि कोई उस कुलमें विद्यमान है, तो उससे पूर्वघटित वैर बढ़ानेवाली घटनाओंको बतानेवाले बहुत-से लोग मिल जाते हैं ।। न चापि वैरं वैरेण केशव व्युपशाम्यति
ākhyātāraś ca vidyante pumāṃś ced vidyate kule | dīrghakālatakaṃ manye dabāye rakṣite 'pi vaiḥ | na hi vairāgnir atyantaṃ śāmyati yadi kaścid asti kule || na cāpi vairaṃ vairena keśava vyupaśāmyati ||
Yudhiṣṭhira said: “There are always narrators to be found—so long as even a single man remains in a lineage. Even if enmity is suppressed and kept hidden for a long time, I think the fire of hostility is never completely extinguished; for if anyone of that family still exists, many people will be found who recount the earlier incidents that inflame old grudges. And, O Keśava, enmity is not pacified by enmity.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Hatred cannot be ended by hatred; old feuds persist because people keep recounting past injuries, so true pacification requires restraint, forgiveness, and deliberate de-escalation rather than retaliation.
In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war deliberations, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Keśava (Kṛṣṇa), reflecting on how clan-based enmities survive across time through memory and storytelling, and warning that responding with further hostility only perpetuates the feud.