Shloka 54
Dambhodbhava, Nara-Nārāyaṇa, and the Counsel to Abandon Hubris
Udyoga-parva 94
प्रशाम्य भरतश्रेष्ठ मा मन्युवशमन्वगा: । पित्र्यं तेभ्य: प्रदायांशं पाण्डवेभ्यो यथोचितम्
praśāmya bharataśreṣṭha mā manyuvaśam anvagāḥ | pitryaṁ tebhyaḥ pradāyāṁśaṁ pāṇḍavebhyo yathocitam ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “Calm yourself, O best of the Bharatas; do not fall under the sway of anger. Give them their rightful paternal share, and grant to the Pāṇḍavas the portion that is proper and due.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Anger must not govern decision-making; dharma requires giving others their rightful, inherited share—justice and propriety take precedence over resentment.
In the Udyoga Parva’s tense pre-war context, the speaker urges a Kuru elder/prince addressed as “best of the Bharatas” to calm down and to allot the Pāṇḍavas their due paternal portion, aiming at a lawful settlement rather than escalation.