Shloka 86
उद्योगपर्व — विदुरोक्तिः
Dhṛtarāṣṭra Addressed on Sincerity, Hospitality, and Settlement
मेरे और दुर्योधनके पास जो भी रत्न हैं, वे सब इसी घरमें रखे हैं। भगवान् श्रीकृष्ण उनमेंसे जो-जो रत्न लेना चाहें, वे सब उन्हें नि:संदेह दे दिये जायँ ।। इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि धृतराष्ट्रवाक्ये षडशीतितमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत भगवद्यानपर्वमें धृतराष्ट्रवाक्यविषयक छियासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | mama ca duryodhanasya ca ye kecid ratnāni santi, tāni sarvāṇi asmin gṛhe nidhāpitāni | bhagavān śrīkṛṣṇaḥ tebhyaḥ yāni yāni ratnāni grahītuṃ icchet, tāni sarvāṇi tasmai niḥsaṃdehaṃ pradīyatām ||
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “Whatever treasures belong to me and to Duryodhana are all stored in this very house. Whatever jewels the Blessed Śrī Kṛṣṇa may wish to take from among them—let all of those be given to him without hesitation.”
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
Material gifts and outward generosity cannot replace dharma. Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s offer of treasures signals deference and an attempt to placate Kṛṣṇa, but the deeper ethical point is that peace requires justice and right action, not merely wealth or concessions that avoid the real moral issue.
During Kṛṣṇa’s diplomatic mission in the Udyoga Parva, Dhṛtarāṣṭra speaks of the treasures held by himself and Duryodhana and declares that whatever Kṛṣṇa wishes to take should be given without hesitation—an act framed as hospitality and appeasement amid escalating tensions leading toward war.