Shloka 27
Dambhodbhava, Nara-Nārāyaṇa, and the Counsel to Abandon Hubris
Udyoga-parva 94
तैरेवोपार्जितां भूमिं भोक्ष्यसे च परंतप । यदि सम्पत्स्यसे पुत्रै: सहामात्यैर्नराधिप
tairevopārjitāṃ bhūmiṃ bhokṣyase ca paraṃtapa | yadi sampatsyase putraiḥ sahāmātyair narādhipa ||
वैशम्पायन बोले—हे शत्रुसंतापी नरेश! यदि तुम मन्त्रियों सहित अपने पुत्रों के साथ मेल-मिलाप से रहोगे, तो उन्हीं के द्वारा जीती हुई इस पृथ्वी का राज्य भोगोगे।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler preserves and rightfully enjoys sovereignty through unity with his heirs and through ministerial counsel. The verse frames reconciliation as both pragmatic statecraft and a dharmic duty: the kingdom secured by collective effort should be sustained by concord, not fractured by rivalry.
Vaiśampāyana narrates counsel directed to the king: if he settles differences and lives in harmony with his sons, supported by ministers, he will continue to enjoy the realm that those sons have effectively secured. It is a warning against internal division on the eve of escalating conflict.