Shloka 10
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ८१: कृष्णस्य दूतप्रयाणम्
Udyoga Parva, Chapter 81: Krishna Sets Out as Envoy
अप्रदानेन राज्यस्य यदि कृष्ण सुयोधन: । संधिमिच्छेन्न कर्तव्यं तत्र गत्वा कथठ्चन,भगवन्! आपके वहाँ जानेपर यदि दुर्योधन राज्य दिये बिना ही संधि करना चाहे तो आप इसे किसी तरह स्वीकार न कीजियेगा
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: apradānena rājyasya yadi kṛṣṇa suyodhanaḥ | sandhim icchen na kartavyaṃ tatra gatvā kathaṃcana, bhagavan |
वैशम्पायन बोले—हे कृष्ण! यदि सुयोधन (दुर्योधन) राज्य दिए बिना ही संधि करना चाहे, तो आप वहाँ जाकर भी, हे भगवन्, किसी प्रकार ऐसी संधि स्वीकार न कीजिए।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Peace is ethically valid only when it is grounded in justice. A settlement that denies rightful claims—here, refusing to grant the kingdom—amounts to a hollow ‘peace’ and should not be accepted even for the sake of avoiding conflict.
In the Udyoga Parva context of pre-war negotiations, Kṛṣṇa is being urged that if Duryodhana proposes a treaty while still withholding the kingdom, Kṛṣṇa must reject such terms and not legitimize an unjust compromise.