Shloka 5
भीष्मद्रोणयोर्दुर्योधनं प्रति शान्त्युपदेशः | Bhīṣma and Droṇa’s Counsel to Duryodhana for Pacification
ज्वलितां त्वमिमां लक्ष्मी भारतीं सर्वराजसु । जीवतो धुृतराष्ट्रस्य दौरात्म्याद् भ्रंशयिष्यसि
jvalitāṃ tvam imāṃ lakṣmīṃ bhāratīṃ sarvarājasu | jīvato dhṛtarāṣṭrasya daurātmyād bhraṃśayiṣyasi ||
ବତ୍ସ! ଭାରତବଂଶର ଏହି ରାଜଲକ୍ଷ୍ମୀ ସମସ୍ତ ରାଜାମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଦୀପ୍ତିମାନ; କିନ୍ତୁ ମୁଁ ଦେଖୁଛି, ତୁମ ଦୌରାତ୍ମ୍ୟରେ ଧୃତରାଷ୍ଟ୍ର ଜୀବିତ ଥିବାବେଳେ ମଧ୍ୟ ତୁମେ ଏହାକୁ ପତନ କରାଇଦେବ।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Royal prosperity and legitimacy (lakṣmī) are sustained by dharma; when a leader acts from daurātmya (moral depravity), he can destroy even a flourishing dynasty’s standing, bringing downfall not only upon himself but upon the entire realm.
In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war counsel and warnings, a speaker foresees that the Bharata royal fortune, presently resplendent among kings, will be ruined by the addressee’s wicked conduct—so severe that the collapse will occur even during Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s lifetime.