Shloka 20
उद्योगपर्व — गान्धारी-उपदेशः
Udyoga Parva — Gandhārī’s Counsel to Duryodhana
शमे हि सुमहॉल्लाभस्तव पार्थस्य चोभयो: । न च रोचयसे राजन् किमन्यद् बुद्धिलाघवात्,“राजन! शान्ति स्थापित होनेपर तेरा और युधिष्ठिरका दोनोंका ही महान् लाभ है, परंतु तुझे यह प्रस्ताव अच्छा नहीं लगता। इसे बुद्धिकी मन्दताके सिवा और क्या कहा जा सकता है?
śame hi sumahāṁllābhas tava pārthasya cobhayoḥ | na ca rocayase rājan kim anyad buddhi-lāghavāt ||
王よ。和睦のうちには、汝とパールタ（ユディシュティラ）双方にとって、きわめて大いなる利がある。しかるに汝はこの提案をよしとしない――これを、判断の軽さと見識の欠如と呼ばずして何と呼べようか。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Peaceful settlement is ethically and practically superior when it benefits both sides; rejecting such peace is portrayed as a failure of discernment and responsible kingship.
In the Udyoga Parva’s negotiations before war, the speaker underscores that peace would greatly benefit both the king addressed and Pārtha (Yudhiṣṭhira), and criticizes the king’s refusal as intellectual shortsightedness.