Shloka 18
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 137 — Bhīṣma–Droṇa Counsel and the Ethics of Restraint
मुज्चन्त्वानन्दजाश्रूणि दाशार्हप्रमुखा नृपा: । संगच्छ भ्रातृभि: सार्ध मान संत्यज्य पार्थिव
muñcantv ānandajāśrūṇi dāśārhapramukhā nṛpāḥ | saṃgaccha bhrātṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ mānaṃ saṃtyajya pārthiva ||
वैशम्पायन बोले—दाशार्ह (श्रीकृष्ण) आदि नरेश आनन्द के आँसू बहाएँ। हे पार्थिव! अभिमान त्यागकर अपने भाइयों के साथ मिलो।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Pride (māna) obstructs dharma and reconciliation; a ruler should cultivate humility and restore kinship bonds, allowing peace and shared joy to arise even amid political tension.
The narrator describes an appeal to a king to set aside pride and reunite with his brothers; the surrounding kings, led by Kṛṣṇa, are envisioned as so moved by this rare reunion that they shed tears of joy.