Shloka 13
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 137 — Bhīṣma–Droṇa Counsel and the Ethics of Restraint
तमभ्येत्य सहामात्य: परिष्वज्य नृपात्मजम् | अभिवादय राजानं यथापूर्वमरिंदम,'शत्रुदमन! तुम अपने मन्त्रियोंके साथ पाण्डुकुमार राजा युधिष्ठिके पास जाओ और पहलेहीकी भाँति उनके हृदयसे लगकर उन्हें प्रणाम करो
tam abhyetya sahāmātyaḥ pariṣvajya nṛpātmajam | abhivādaya rājānaṃ yathāpūrvam ariṃdama ||
ହେ ଶତ୍ରୁଦମନ! ମନ୍ତ୍ରୀମାନଙ୍କ ସହିତ ସେଇ ରାଜପୁତ୍ରଙ୍କ ପାଖକୁ ଯାଇ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଆଲିଙ୍ଗନ କର; ତାପରେ ପୂର୍ବବତ୍ ରାଜା ଯୁଧିଷ୍ଠିରଙ୍କୁ ପ୍ରଣାମ କର।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid looming conflict, dharma is upheld through respectful conduct—approaching with elders/ministers, offering an embrace, and saluting as formerly—so that dialogue can proceed without arrogance or provocation.
Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates an instruction to approach a prince with accompanying ministers, embrace him, and then formally pay respects to King Yudhiṣṭhira in the customary earlier manner, signaling an attempt to maintain decorum and reopen communication.