Shloka 34
शल्यपर्व — चतुर्विंशोऽध्यायः | Śalya Parva, Chapter 24: Disruption of Kaurava Formations and the Elephant Encirclement
यन्न तस्य मनो हा[सीत् त्वयोक्तस्य हितं वच: । प्रशमे पाण्डवै: सार्थ सोडन्यस्य शृुणुयात् कथम्
yan na tasya mano hāsīt tvayoktasya hitaṃ vacaḥ | praśame pāṇḍavaiḥ sārthaṃ so 'nyasya śṛṇuyāt katham ||
നീ പറഞ്ഞ ഹിതവചനങ്ങൾ കേട്ടിട്ടും അവന്റെ മനസ്സ് പാണ്ഡവരോടുള്ള സമാധാനത്തിലേക്ക് തിരിഞ്ഞില്ല; അങ്ങനെ ഇരിക്കെ അവൻ മറ്റൊരാളുടെ വാക്ക് എങ്ങനെ കേൾക്കും?
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Good counsel benefits only a receptive mind. When someone refuses even well-meant advice aimed at peace, further persuasion becomes ineffective; ethical failure here is stubbornness against reconciliation.
Sañjaya reflects on the futility of advising a person who would not incline toward making peace with the Pāṇḍavas even after receiving beneficial counsel; therefore, he would not listen to anyone else either.