Shloka 19
अग्राह्य-ज्ञातिसंबन्धमण्डल-विवेचनम् / Managing Unreadable Kinship Networks: Vāsudeva–Nārada on Cohesion
अनायसेन शस्त्रेण मृदुना हृदयच्छिदा । जिद्नामुद्धर सर्वेषां परिमृज्यानुमृज्य च
anāyasena śastreṇa mṛdunā hṛdayacchidā | jihvām uddhara sarveṣāṁ parimṛjyānumṛjya ca ||
پس اے شری کرشن! ایک ایسے بے تکلف ہتھیار سے—جو نرم ہے مگر دل کو چھید دینے والا ہے—پہلے خوب صاف کر کے، پھر دوبارہ صاف کر کے، ان سب کی زبانیں اکھاڑ دو؛ انہیں خاموش کر دو تاکہ پھر جھگڑا نہ اٹھے۔
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Speech can function like a subtle weapon: though ‘soft’ and non-metallic, it can pierce the heart and reignite hostility. Therefore, controlling, purifying, and restraining harmful speech is presented as essential for preventing renewed quarrel and sustaining peace.
Nārada addresses Śrī Kṛṣṇa with a striking metaphor: he urges the use of a gentle yet heart-cutting ‘weapon’ to ‘remove the tongues’ of those who would provoke conflict—i.e., to silence divisive talk after reconciliation so that discord does not start again.