Shloka 10
Haryaśva’s Agreement with Gālava and the Birth of Vasumanā
Nārada’s narration
हताशो हााकृतार्थ: सन् हतः सम्भावितो नर: । हिनस्ति तस्य पुत्रांश्व पौत्रांश्चाकुर्वतो हितम्
hatāśo hākṛtārthaḥ san hataḥ sambhāvito naraḥ | hinasti tasya putrāṁś ca pautrāṁś cākurvato hitam ||
कोई श्रेष्ठ पुरुष सहायता की याचना करके जब हताश और असफल लौटता है, तो वह मानो मरा हुआ हो जाता है—उसका मान टूट जाता है। तब वह, जिसका हित न किया गया हो, उस धनी के पुत्रों और पौत्रों का भी नाश कर देता है।
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
A respected person who is humiliated by failed supplication may become dangerously hostile; therefore, one should not neglect the welfare of a deserving petitioner, as refusal can generate enduring enmity and harm extending to one’s descendants.
Narada states a general maxim within the Udyoga Parva’s counsel-oriented context: an honored man, when thwarted and left without support, feels socially 'dead' and may retaliate against the family line of the person who denied him help.