Shloka 30
Dambhodbhava, Nara-Nārāyaṇa, and the Counsel to Abandon Hubris
Udyoga-parva 94
शूराश्च हि कृतास्त्राश्न सर्वे युद्धाभिकाड्क्षिण: । पाण्डवास्तावकाश्रैव तान् रक्ष महतो भयात्
śūrāś ca hi kṛtāstrāś ca sarve yuddhābhikāṅkṣiṇaḥ | pāṇḍavās tāvakāś caiva tān rakṣa mahato bhayāt ||
वैशम्पायन उवाच—शूराश्च कृतास्त्राश्च सर्वे युद्धाभिकाङ्क्षिणः; पाण्डवास्तव पुत्राश्च—तान् सर्वान् महतो भयात् रक्ष।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when warriors are brave and skilled, a ruler must restrain destructive impulses and protect both sides from a catastrophe; responsibility (rājadharma) includes preventing needless war and safeguarding life.
Vaiśaṃpāyana describes both the Pāṇḍavas and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s party as battle-ready and war-desirous, and urges protection from a looming great danger—implying the urgent need to avert escalation.