Shloka 19
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय २५: संजयदूतवाक्यम्
Sañjaya’s Envoy-Speech on Peace
सो>तं न पश्यामि परीक्षमाण: कथं स्वस्ति स्यात् कुरुसृंजयानाम् । आत्िश्वर्यो धृतराष्ट्र: परेभ्य: प्रत्राजिते विदुरे दीर्घदृष्टो
sa taṁ na paśyāmi parīkṣamāṇaḥ kathaṁ svasti syāt kurusṛñjayānām | atiśvaryo dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ parebhyaḥ pratrājite vidure dīrghadṛṣṭaḥ ||
サンジャヤは言った。あらゆる角度から事を吟味しても、クル族とスリンジャヤ族の双方に安寧が生まれる道は見えない。権勢に酔うドリタラーシュトラは、遠見のヴィドゥラを追放し、敵対者から主権を奪い取ろうとしている。このように貪欲な王とでは、ただの盟約が争いの機会なく長く保たれるとは思えぬ。パーンドゥの子らが森へ去るや、カウラヴァは彼らの富のすべてを己がものと見なすようになったのだから。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
When rulers are driven by greed and power, they silence or exile wise counsel, making genuine welfare (svasti) for all sides impossible; diplomacy without ethical restraint cannot prevent conflict.
Sanjaya assesses the political situation and concludes that peace is unlikely: Dhṛtarāṣṭra, having expelled the prudent Vidura and seeking to seize the opponents’ sovereignty, cannot sustain a stable treaty, especially after the Pāṇḍavas’ forest-exile led the Kaurava side to treat their property as its own.