Shloka 18
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Counsel on Restraint and the Pāṇḍavas’ Authorized Return (धृतराष्ट्र-उपदेशः)
युधिछिर उवाच अधर्म चरसे नून॑ यो नावेक्षसि वै नयम् | यो नः सुमनसां मूढ विभेदं कर्तुमिच्छसि
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: adharmaṁ carase nūnaṁ yo nāvekṣasi vai nayam | yo naḥ sumanasāṁ mūḍha vibhedaṁ kartum icchasi ||
युधिष्ठिर म्हणाला—तू नक्कीच अधर्माचरण करीत आहेस; कारण योग्य आचार आणि नीती यांचा तू मुळीच विचार करीत नाहीस. अरे मूढा, आम्ही एकचित्त व एकमत असलेल्या भावांमध्ये तू फूट पाडू पाहतोस.
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse condemns deliberate fomenting of discord as adharma and stresses that ethical action must be guided by naya—sound judgment and proper conduct—especially when a community is otherwise united in goodwill.
Yudhiṣṭhira rebukes an interlocutor for ignoring prudent counsel and attempting to sow division among his side, framing the act as both morally wrong (adharma) and politically unsound (against naya).