Shloka 17
ते चेदभिनिवेक्ष्यन्ते नाभ्युपैष्यन्ति मे वच: । कुरवो युद्धमेवात्र घोरं कर्म भविष्यति,यदि वे कौरव युद्धका ही आग्रह दिखायेंगे और मेरे संधिविषयक प्रस्तावको ठुकरा देंगे, तब यहाँ युद्ध ही होगा, जो भयंकर कर्म है
te ced abhinivekṣyante nābhyupaiṣyanti me vacaḥ | kuravo yuddham evātra ghoraṃ karma bhaviṣyati |
Bhīmasena declares that if the Kauravas harden themselves in obstinate resolve and refuse his words of reconciliation, then in this very place the outcome will be war alone—an act of dreadful consequence.
भीमसेन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Obstinate refusal to accept reasonable, peace-seeking counsel turns conflict into an unavoidable and morally grave action; war is portrayed as a dreadful consequence rather than a virtue in itself.
Bhīma warns that if the Kauravas persist in their hardline stance and reject his conciliatory words, the situation will culminate in war, emphasizing the severity of that outcome.