Shloka 443
युध्यस्व कौरवै: सार्ध मा गा पितृनिवेशनम् । उत्तम धर्मका स्वरूप जानना अत्यन्त कठिन है। अधर्म क्या है? इसे समझना भी सरल नहीं है। अब तू कौरवोंके साथ पूर्ववत् युद्ध कर। मुझसे विवाद करके पितृलोकमें जानेकी तैयारी न कर
yudhyasva kauravaiḥ sārdha mā gā pitṛniveśanam | uttama-dharmakasya svarūpaṃ jñātuṃ atyantaṃ kaṭhinam | adharmaḥ kaḥ? enaṃ boddhum api na sulabham | adya tvaṃ kauravaiḥ saha pūrvavat yuddhaṃ kuru | mayā saha vivādaṃ kṛtvā pitṛlokaṃ gantum na sajjasva |
युध्यस्व कौरवैः सार्धं मा गाः पितृनिवेशनम्। उत्तमस्य हि धर्मस्य स्वरूपं ज्ञातुमद्भुतम्॥ अधर्मोऽपि न विज्ञेयः सुकरं नृपसत्तम। तस्मात्पूर्ववदेव त्वं कौरवैः सह युध्यताम्॥ मया सह विवादेन मा कुरु पितृगामिनम्।
धृष्टह्युम्न उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse stresses the complexity of discerning true dharma and adharma, and urges practical adherence to one’s immediate duty in a crisis—here, returning to battle rather than escalating a dispute that could lead to death.
Dhṛṣṭadyumna admonishes an interlocutor to stop arguing with him and to resume fighting; he warns that persisting in quarrel is tantamount to preparing for death and departure to the ancestral realm.