Shloka 5
तात युधिष्ठिर! तुम धर्मकी सूक्ष्म गतिको जानते हो। महामते! तुममें विनय है। तुमने बड़े-बूढ़ोंकी उपासना की है ।। यतो बुद्धिस्ततः शान्ति: प्रशमं गच्छ भारत । नादारुणि पतेच्छस्त्रं दारुण्येतन्निपात्यते,जहाँ बुद्धि है, वहीं शान्ति है। भारत! तुम शान्त हो जाओ। (जो कुछ हुआ है, उसे भूल जाओ।) पत्थर या लोहेपर कुल्हाड़ी नहीं पड़ती। लोग उसे लकड़ीपर ही चलाते हैं
tāta yudhiṣṭhira! tvaṃ dharmasya sūkṣmāṃ gatiṃ jānāsi. mahāmate! tvayi vinayo 'sti. tvayā vṛddhānām upāsanā kṛtā. yato buddhis tato śāntiḥ; praśamaṃ gaccha bhārata. nādāruṇi patet śastraṃ; dāruṇy etan nipātyate.
“Hỡi con Yudhiṣṭhira, con biết rõ lối đi vi tế của dharma. Bậc đại tâm, nơi con có đức khiêm cung, và con đã kính thờ các bậc trưởng thượng. Nơi nào có trí tuệ, nơi ấy có an hòa; vì vậy, hỡi Bhārata, hãy đi vào sự tĩnh lặng, để cơn xao động lắng xuống. Vũ khí không bổ vào đá hay sắt; người ta chỉ giáng nó xuống gỗ.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
True peace arises from buddhi—clear discernment—and is sustained by vinaya (humility) and reverence for elders. The counsel urges Yudhiṣṭhira to choose praśama (inner pacification) over reactive anger, implying that wise strength is shown through restraint.
In the Sabha Parva context of mounting tension and humiliation, Yudhiṣṭhira is addressed and urged to remain composed. The speaker praises his understanding of dharma and his disciplined character, then uses a proverb—an axe is used on wood, not on stone or iron—to suggest that aggression targets the vulnerable and that the wise should not be provoked into destructive retaliation.