Shloka 8

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ५ (कृष्णनीति: न्यायशम-उपदेशः; विराट-द्रुपदयोः सैन्यसमाह्वानम्)

Devanagari script

यदि तावच्छमं कुर्यानन्‍्यायेन कुरुपुड्रव: । न भवेत्‌ कुरुपाण्डूनां सौभ्रात्रेण महान्‌ क्षय:,यदि कुरुश्रेष्ठ दुर्योधन न्यायके अनुसार शान्ति स्वीकार करेगा, तो कौरव और पाण्डवोंमें परस्पर बन्धुजनोचित सौहार्दवश महान्‌ संहार न होगा

Transliteration

yadi tāvacchamaṃ kuryān nyāyena kurupuṅgavaḥ | na bhavet kurupāṇḍūnāṃ saubhrātreṇa mahān kṣayaḥ ||

Translation

หากแม้บัดนี้ วีรบุรุษผู้ประเสริฐในหมู่กุรุ คือทุรโยธนะ ยอมทำสันติด้วยความยุติธรรมแล้ว ความพินาศใหญ่หลวงของกุรุและปาณฑพอันเกิดจากสายสัมพันธ์ฉันพี่น้องก็จักไม่บังเกิด

Word by Word

यदिif

तावत्so much; then; in that case

शमम्peace; pacification

कुर्यात्should do; would make

न्यायेनby justice; according to right

कुरुपुङ्गवःthe bull among the Kurus (best of the Kurus)

नnot

भवेत्would be; would happen

कुरुपाण्डूनाम्of the Kurus and the Pandavas

सौभ्रात्रेणby brotherly feeling; by fraternal amity

महान्great

क्षयःdestruction; ruin; slaughter

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva

Kuru

Pāṇḍava

Duryodhana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Peace grounded in justice (nyāya) is presented as the dharmic path for a ruler; accepting a fair settlement prevents catastrophic, kin-driven destruction and preserves social and familial order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva argues that if the Kuru leader—implicitly Duryodhana—would agree to a just peace, the impending war between closely related Kurus and Pāṇḍavas could be averted, avoiding massive loss born from fraternal entanglement.