Shloka 20
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 30: Sañjaya’s Departure and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Commission of Greetings
भ्रातृणां देहि पञ्चानां पठ्च ग्रामान् सुयोधन । शान्तिनोस्तु महाप्राज्ञ ज्ञातिभि: सह संजय
bhrātṝṇāṃ dehi pañcānāṃ pañca grāmān suyodhana | śāntir no 'stu mahāprajña jñātibhiḥ saha sañjaya ||
Yudhiṣṭhira disse: “Ó Suyodhana, concede a nós, cinco irmãos, cinco aldeias. Ó Sañjaya, grande sábio, se isso for feito, a paz poderá ser preservada para nós juntamente com nossos parentes.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when one has strong claims, dharma favors restraint and reconciliation: Yudhiṣṭhira asks only for a minimal share—five villages for five brothers—so that peace with relatives may be maintained and war averted.
During the pre-war negotiations in the Udyoga Parva, Yudhiṣṭhira voices a compromise to Duryodhana (Suyodhana), conveyed in the diplomatic context involving Sañjaya, proposing that granting five villages would secure peace among the Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas.