Shloka 61
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 71 — Kṣatra-dharma Counsel, Public Legitimacy, and Mobilization
अनिवृत्तेन मनसा ससर्प इव वेश्मनि | किसीसे वैर बाँधनेवाला पुरुष सर्पयुक्त गृहमें रहनेवालेकी भाँति उद्विग्नचित्त होकर सदा दुःखकी नींद सोता है || ६० ह ।। उत्सादयति य: सर्व यशसा स विमुच्यते
anivṛttena manasā sasarpa iva veśmani | kasyāpi vairabāndhanakārī puruṣaḥ sarpayuktagṛhe nivāsina iva udvignacittaḥ sadā duḥkhanidrāṃ śete || utsādayati yaḥ sarvaṃ yaśasā sa vimucyate ||
Sinabi ni Yudhiṣṭhira: “Kapag ang isip ay hindi na makatalikod sa pagkakapit nito, ang taong nagbigkis ng sarili sa poot ay nahihiga at natutulog sa walang patid na dalamhati—gaya ng naninirahan sa bahay na pinamumugaran ng mga ahas, laging balisa ang dibdib. Ngunit ang sinumang lubusang pumuksa sa ugat ng alitan sa pamamagitan ng tunay na dangal at mabuting pangalan ay napapalaya.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Enmity binds the mind and produces continual inner fear and suffering, like living among snakes; freedom comes by uprooting hostility and choosing conduct that restores honour and social harmony.
In Udyoga Parva’s diplomacy and pre-war deliberations, Yudhiṣṭhira reflects on the corrosive cost of sustaining vengeance and urges a path that ends hostility rather than feeding it.