Shloka 93
क्रमेण मृदुना युद्धमुपक्रान्तं च भारत । भारत! परम बुद्धिमान् धर्मपुत्र राजा युधिष्ठिरके पूर्वोक्त वचनोंको स्मरण करके पाण्डवोंने कोमलतापूर्वक ही युद्ध आरम्भ किया
krameṇa mṛdunā yuddham upakrāntaṃ ca bhārata | bhārata! parama-buddhimān dharmaputra rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ pūrvokta-vacanāni smaran pāṇḍavaiḥ komalatayā eva yuddham ārabdhaṃ |
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “O Bhārata, ang labanan ay sinimulan nang dahan-dahan at may pagpipigil. Sa pag-alaala sa naunang payong sinabi sa kanya, ang lubhang marunong na Dharmaputra—si Haring Yudhiṣṭhira—ay nag-utos sa mga Pāṇḍava na magsimula ng pakikipaglaban nang may kahinahunan, at panatilihin ang pagpipigil-sa-sarili ayon sa dharma kahit sa gitna ng tunggalian.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when conflict becomes unavoidable, dharma requires measured action: begin with restraint, avoid needless cruelty, and let wise counsel guide conduct so that power is governed by ethical self-control.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that the Pāṇḍavas, under Yudhiṣṭhira’s leadership, commenced the fighting gradually and gently, because Yudhiṣṭhira remembered earlier advice and chose a restrained approach to war.