Shloka 88
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 71 — Kṣatra-dharma Counsel, Public Legitimacy, and Mobilization
न जातु गमनं पार्थ भवेत् तत्र निरर्थकम् । अर्थप्राप्ति: कदाचित् स्यादन्ततो वाप्यवाच्यता,अतः कुन्तीनन्दन! मेरा वहाँ जाना कदापि निरर्थक नहीं होगा। सम्भव है, वहाँ अपने अभीष्ट अर्थकी सिद्धि हो जाय और यदि काम न बना, तो भी हम निन्दासे तो बच ही जायँगे
na jātu gamanaṁ pārtha bhavet tatra nirarthakam | arthaprāptiḥ kadācit syād antato vāpy avācyatā | ataḥ kuntīnandana mama tatra yānaṁ kadāpi nirarthakaṁ na bhaviṣyati | sambhavaḥ, tatra mamābhīṣṭārthasya siddhir bhavet; yadi kāryaṁ na sidhyet, tathāpi vayaṁ nindāto rakṣiṣyāmaḥ |
Yudhiṣṭhira said: “O Pārtha, my going there will never be pointless. It may be that the desired objective is achieved; and even if the effort does not succeed, at the very least we will be beyond reproach. Therefore, O son of Kuntī, my journey there can never be in vain.”
युधिछिर उवाच