Shloka 27
सैन्यसंनिवेशः (Sainyasaṃniveśaḥ) — Deployment, Omens, and Yuddha-Dharma Conventions
निवत्ते विहिते युद्धे स्यात् प्रीतिर्न: परस्परम्
nivṛtte vihite yuddhe syāt prītir naḥ parasparam
ವೈಶಂಪಾಯನನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—“ವಿಧಿಪೂರ್ವಕವಾಗಿ ಆರಂಭಿಸಿ ನಿಯಮಾನುಸಾರ ನಡೆಸಿದ ಈ ಯುದ್ಧವು ಅಂತ್ಯವಾದರೆ, ನಮ್ಮ ನಡುವೆ ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಪ್ರೀತಿ ಇರಲಿ.”
वैशग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when conflict is undertaken as a duty and conducted according to dharma, the ethical ideal is not perpetual enmity but restoration of concord—goodwill and social harmony after the cessation of war.
In the opening movement of the Bhīṣma Parva, Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates the atmosphere around the impending battle and articulates a hope: once the properly conducted war ends, the opposing sides might return to mutual goodwill rather than continuing hatred.