Shloka 13
कृष्ण-दूतविषये दुर्योधनस्य बन्धन-प्रस्तावः — Duryodhana’s Proposal to Detain Krishna
Envoy-Ethics Debate
अन्यत् कुम्भादपां पूर्णादन्यत् पादावसेचनात् । अन्यत् कुशलसम्प्रश्नान्नैषिष्यति जनार्दन:
anyat kumbhād apāṁ pūrṇād anyat pādāvasecanāt | anyat kuśala-sampraśnān naiṣyati janārdanaḥ ||
ວິດູຣະກ່າວວ່າ: “ນອກຈາກໝໍ້ນ້ຳທີ່ເຕັມນ້ຳ, ນ້ຳສຳລັບລ້າງຕີນ, ແລະຄຳຖາມສຸຂະພາບດ້ວຍຄວາມນັບຖື—ຈະນາຣະດະນ (ກຣິດສະນະ) ຈະບໍ່ຮັບສິ່ງອື່ນໃດຈາກຂອງທີ່ເຈົ້າຖວາຍ.” ຄວາມໝາຍແມ່ນ: ພຣະອົງມາເປັນທູດແຫ່ງທຳມະ ບໍ່ແມ່ນຜູ້ຈະຖືກຊື້ດ້ວຍຂອງກຳນັນ; ຄວນມີແຕ່ພິທີຕ້ອນຮັບຂັ້ນຕ່ຳ ແລະຖ້ອຍຄຳຄາລະວະ.
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
True righteousness and a just mission cannot be purchased. Kṛṣṇa, coming as a dharmic envoy, will accept only basic hospitality (water, foot-washing) and respectful words, rejecting material inducements meant to sway judgment.
Vidura cautions the Kuru court that when Kṛṣṇa arrives on a peace-embassy, attempts to honor him with lavish gifts will not work. Only customary reception—water and polite inquiry—will be accepted, underscoring Kṛṣṇa’s impartial commitment to dharma.