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,'सुयोधन! हम पाँच भाइयोंको पाँच गाँव दे दो।” महाप्राज्ञ संजय! ऐसा हो जानेपर अपने कुट॒म्बीजनोंके साथ हमलोगोंकी शान्ति बनी रहेगी
bhrātṝṇāṃ dehi pañcānāṃ pañca grāmān suyodhana | śāntir no 'stu mahāprajña jñātibhiḥ saha sañjaya ||
युधिष्ठिर उवाच— भ्रातॄणां देहि पञ्चानां पञ्च ग्रामान् सुयोधन । शान्तिर्नोऽस्तु महाप्राज्ञ ज्ञातिभिः सह संजय ॥
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.