Shloka 25
विदुरस्य कृष्णं प्रति शमोपदेशः
Vidura’s Counsel to Krishna on the Limits of Peace
सम्प्रीतिभोज्यान्यन्नानि आपद्धोज्यानि वा पुनः । न च सम्प्रीयसे राजन् न चैवापद्गता वयम्
samprītibhojyāny annāni āpaddhojyāni vā punaḥ | na ca samprīyase rājan na caivāpadgatā vayam ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「他人の家の食は、互いの親愛ゆえに口にするか、あるいは窮乏に追い詰められて口にするものだ。だが王よ、そなたは我らに親愛を抱かぬ。しかも我らは災厄に沈んでもいない。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Accepting another’s food implies a moral relationship: it is proper when grounded in mutual goodwill, or when necessity compels. Without affection and without need, accepting such hospitality can be ethically inappropriate and socially dishonorable.
In the tense pre-war setting of the Udyoga Parva, the speaker frames a refusal (or critique) of accepting food/hospitality from a king who lacks goodwill toward them, emphasizing that they are not desperate and therefore will not accept provisions under strained relations.