Shloka 81
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 71 — Kṣatra-dharma Counsel, Public Legitimacy, and Mobilization
मोचयेयं मृत्युपाशात् संरब्धान् कुरुसृंजयान् । पाण्डवान् धार्तराष्ट्रांक्ष सर्वां च पृथिवीमिमाम्
mocayeyam mṛtyupāśāt saṃrabdhān kurusṛñjayān | pāṇḍavān dhārtarāṣṭrāṃś ca sarvāṃ ca pṛthivīm imām ||
اگر ایسا ہو جائے تو میں باہمی غضب میں بھرے ہوئے ان کُروؤں اور سُرِنجَیوں کو، پانڈوؤں اور دھرتراشٹر کے بیٹوں کو—بلکہ اس ساری زمین کو بھی—گویا موت کے پھندے سے چھڑا دوں گا۔
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Unchecked anger (saṃrambha) leads communities toward collective ruin; therefore, preventing war is portrayed as an act of dharma that ‘frees’ not only individuals but the whole world from the death-snare.
In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war diplomacy context, the narrator reports a resolve/claim that if reconciliation succeeds, the speaker would effectively save the enraged factions—Kurus, Sṛñjayas, Pāṇḍavas, and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons—and even the earth itself from the catastrophe of war.