Shloka 12
अध्याय ८७: कृष्णस्य हस्तिनापुरप्रवेशः
Krishna’s Entry into Hastināpura and Court Reception
दुर्योधन उवाच न पर्यायो$स्ति यद् राजन् श्रियं निष्केवलामहम् | तैः सहेमामुपाश्नीयां यावज्जीवं पितामह
duryodhana uvāca na paryāyo 'sti yad rājan śriyaṁ niṣkevalām aham | taiḥ sahemām upāśnīyāṁ yāvajjīvaṁ pitāmaha ||
દુર્યોધન બોલ્યો—પિતામહ! રાજન! એવી કોઈ શક્યતા નથી કે હું જીવનભર તેમની સાથે મળીને આ અખંડ રાજશ્રીનો ઉપભોગ કરું.
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how attachment to exclusive power and refusal to share (even within family) becomes an ethical failure that undermines dharma and makes reconciliation impossible, thereby paving the way to destructive conflict.
In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war negotiations, Duryodhana addresses the elder Bhīṣma and bluntly rejects any settlement in which he must share the kingdom’s prosperity with the Pāṇḍavas, signaling that compromise has collapsed.