Shloka 31
Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 72 — Bhīmasena’s counsel on conciliation and Duryodhana’s disposition
ब्रुवतस्तत्र मे वाक््यं धर्मार्थसहितं हितम् । निशम्य पार्थिवा: सर्वे नानाजनपदेश्वरा:,मेरे मुखसे धर्म और अर्थसे संयुक्त हितकर वचन सुनकर नाना जनपदोंके स्वामी समस्त भूपाल आपके विषयमें यह निश्चितरूपसे समझ लेंगे कि युधिष्ठिर धर्मात्मा तथा सत्यवादी हैं और दुर्योधनके सम्बन्धमें भी उन्हें यह निश्चय हो जायगा कि उसने लोभसे प्रेरित होकर ही सारा अनुचित बर्ताव किया है
bruvatastatra me vākyaṃ dharmārthasahitaṃ hitam | niśamya pārthivāḥ sarve nānājanapadeśvarāḥ ||
Ali falarei, proferindo palavras benéficas, firmadas tanto no dharma quanto no propósito prático. Todos os reis—senhores de muitos reinos—escutarão. Ao ouvirem meu conselho bem ponderado, chegarão a um juízo moral claro: que Yudhiṣṭhira se mantém na retidão e na verdade, e que a conduta injusta de Duryodhana foi movida pela cobiça. Assim, o veredito ético dos soberanos reunidos passa a integrar a pressão política em torno do conflito que se aproxima.
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Speech should be both dharmic and purposeful (dharma + artha), aiming at the welfare (hita) of all; such speech clarifies moral responsibility—truthfulness and righteousness on one side, greed-driven wrongdoing on the other.
Yudhiṣṭhira explains that when he speaks in the royal gathering, the assembled kings from many realms will hear his dharma- and artha-aligned words and arrive at a firm judgment about the characters involved—recognizing Yudhiṣṭhira as righteous and truthful and seeing Duryodhana’s misconduct as arising from greed.