Shloka 14
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 3 — Sātyaki on Inner Disposition, Legitimacy, and Coercive Readiness
गमिष्यन्ति सहामात्या यमस्य सदन प्रति । यदि वे परम बुद्धिमान् युधिष्ठिरके चरणोंमें गिरनेका निश्चय नहीं करेंगे, तो अपने मन्त्रियोंसहित उन्हें यमलोककी यात्रा करनी पड़ेगी || १३ है ।। न हि ते युयुधानस्य संरब्धस्य युयुत्सत:
gamiṣyanti sahāmātyā yamasya sadana prati | yadi te parama-buddhimān yudhiṣṭhirakasya caraṇeṣu patanasya niścayaṁ na kariṣyanti, tarhi sva-mantribhiḥ saha teṣāṁ yama-loka-yātrā bhaviṣyati || na hi te yuyudhānasya saṁrabdhasya yuyutsataḥ |
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वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even the intelligent must choose humility and reconciliation when dharma requires it; refusing to submit to rightful authority and peace-making leads to ruin—symbolized as a ‘journey to Yama’s abode’—especially when violent conflict is imminent.
The narrator warns that certain parties, if they do not decide to bow at Yudhiṣṭhira’s feet and seek settlement, will meet death; the threat is intensified by the presence of Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki), who, when provoked, is portrayed as unstoppable in battle.