Shloka 12
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 123 — Bhīṣma–Droṇa–Vidura Upadeśa to Duryodhana
Keśava-vākya aftermath
विपरीता व्वियं वृत्तिरसकृल्लक्ष्यते त्वयि
vaiśampāyana uvāca | viparītā hy iyaṃ vṛttir asakṛl lakṣyate tvayi |
तुम्हारे भीतर यह विपरीत वृत्ति बार-बार देखी जाती है। हे भारत! इस समय तुम्हारा जो दुराग्रह है, वह अधर्ममय ही है; उसका कोई समुचित कारण भी नहीं। यह भयंकर हठ अनिष्टकारक और महान् प्राणनाशक है; तुम इसे सफल नहीं बना सकोगे।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Repeatedly choosing a perverse course and clinging to an unjust demand (durāgraha) is itself adharma; it lacks proper justification and inevitably produces harm, even mass loss of life. Ethical counsel here stresses self-correction before consequences become irreversible.
In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war negotiations and warnings, the narrator Vaiśampāyana reports a rebuke directed at a ‘Bhārata’ figure, criticizing his recurring contrary behavior and present stubborn insistence, and warning that such a stance cannot truly succeed and will lead to destructive outcomes.