Shloka 61
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 71 — Kṣatra-dharma Counsel, Public Legitimacy, and Mobilization
अनिवृत्तेन मनसा ससर्प इव वेश्मनि | किसीसे वैर बाँधनेवाला पुरुष सर्पयुक्त गृहमें रहनेवालेकी भाँति उद्विग्नचित्त होकर सदा दुःखकी नींद सोता है || ६० ह ।। उत्सादयति य: सर्व यशसा स विमुच्यते
anivṛttena manasā sasarpa iva veśmani | kasyāpi vairabāndhanakārī puruṣaḥ sarpayuktagṛhe nivāsina iva udvignacittaḥ sadā duḥkhanidrāṃ śete || utsādayati yaḥ sarvaṃ yaśasā sa vimucyate ||
Yudhiṣṭhira berkata: “Orang yang pikirannya tak mampu berpaling dari keterikatan itu, yang mengikat dirinya dalam permusuhan, tidur dalam derita terus-menerus—laksana penghuni rumah yang dipenuhi ular, senantiasa gelisah di hati. Namun siapa yang mencabut habis akar permusuhan dengan kehormatan sejati dan nama baik, dialah yang terbebas.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Enmity binds the mind and produces continual inner fear and suffering, like living among snakes; freedom comes by uprooting hostility and choosing conduct that restores honour and social harmony.
In Udyoga Parva’s diplomacy and pre-war deliberations, Yudhiṣṭhira reflects on the corrosive cost of sustaining vengeance and urges a path that ends hostility rather than feeding it.