Shloka 49
Kṣānti–Tejas Viveka: Prahlāda’s Instruction to Bali
Draupadī’s Application
एतैहिं राजा नियतं चोद्यमान: शमं प्रति | राज्यं दातेति मे बुद्धिर्न चेल्लोभान्नशिष्यति,ये सब लोग यदि राजा धुृतराष्ट्रको सदा शान्तिके लिये प्रेरित करते रहेंगे तो वे अवश्य मुझे राज्य दे देंगे, ऐसा मुझे विश्वास है। यदि नहीं देंगे तो लोभके कारण नष्ट हो जायँगे
etaiḥ hi rājā niyataṃ codyamānaḥ śamaṃ prati | rājyaṃ dāsyatīti me buddhir na cel lobhān naśiṣyati ||
ユディシュティラは言った。「この人々が王に、幾度となく和平へ向かうよう諫め続けるなら、王は必ず我に王国を授けると私は確信している。だが授けぬなら、王は長くは持たぬ——貪欲によって滅びるであろう。」
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Persistent counsel toward peace is portrayed as the righteous path; refusal to act justly out of greed leads to downfall. The verse contrasts śama (peaceful restraint) with lobha (greed) as decisive forces in political and moral outcomes.
Yudhiṣṭhira expresses confidence that if elders and well-wishers continually press the king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) toward reconciliation, the king will restore the rightful kingdom. If the king refuses, Yudhiṣṭhira predicts that greed will bring about the king’s ruin.