Shloka 8
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ८१: कृष्णस्य दूतप्रयाणम्
Udyoga Parva, Chapter 81: Krishna Sets Out as Envoy
अवसानं महाबाहो कज्चिदेक॑ च पठचमम् । इति दुर्योधनो वाच्य: सुहृदश्चास्य केशव
avasānaṁ mahābāho kaścid ekaṁ ca paṭhamaṁ | iti duryodhano vācyaḥ suhṛdaś cāsya keśava ||
वैशम्पायन बोले— हे महाबाहु! (वार्ता का) कोई निष्कर्ष—कम से कम एक प्रधान बात—कहकर सुनाओ। इसी प्रकार दुर्योधन से कहा जाए; और हे केशव! तुम भी उसके हितैषी हो।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Speech in moments of crisis should aim at a clear, decisive, ethically grounded conclusion (avasāna), not mere debate; even when confronting wrongdoing, one should speak with purposeful firmness while maintaining the stance of a well-wisher (suhṛt).
Vaiśaṃpāyana frames how Duryodhana should be addressed and highlights that Keśava (Kṛṣṇa), though opposing Duryodhana’s course, approaches him as a well-wisher, guiding the conversation toward a definitive settlement as the war approaches.