Shloka 50
उद्योगपर्व — गान्धारी-उपदेशः
Udyoga Parva — Gandhārī’s Counsel to Duryodhana
राजन् दुर्योधन बद्ध्वा ततः संशाम्य पाण्डवै: । त्वत्कृते न विनश्येयु: क्षत्रिया: क्षत्रियर्षभ
rājan duryodhanaṁ baddhvā tataḥ saṁśāmya pāṇḍavaiḥ | tvatkṛte na vinaśyeyuḥ kṣatriyāḥ kṣatriyarṣabha ||
ವೈಶಂಪಾಯನನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ರಾಜನೇ, ದುರ್ಯೋಧನನನ್ನು ಬಂಧಿಸಿ, ನಂತರ ಪಾಂಡವರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸಂಧಿ ಮಾಡು. ಕ್ಷತ್ರಿಯಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠನೇ, ನಿನ್ನ ಕಾರಣದಿಂದ ಕ್ಷತ್ರಿಯಸಮೂಹ ನಾಶವಾಗದಿರಲಿ.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler must prioritize restraint and reconciliation over pride and factional loyalty; preventing large-scale loss of life is a primary ethical duty, and personal attachment must not become the cause of a whole class’s destruction.
The speaker urges the king to arrest Duryodhana and conclude a settlement with the Pāṇḍavas, warning that otherwise the impending conflict may annihilate the kṣatriya warriors, with the king bearing moral responsibility for the outcome.