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 |
Waiśampāyana berkata: “Wahai Kṛṣṇa, bila Suyodhana (Duryodhana) menghendaki ‘perdamaian’ tanpa menyerahkan kerajaan, maka sekalipun engkau telah tiba di sana, wahai Yang Mulia, janganlah engkau menerima perjanjian semacam itu dengan cara apa pun.”
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.