Shloka 8

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ५ (कृष्णनीति: न्यायशम-उपदेशः; विराट-द्रुपदयोः सैन्यसमाह्वानम्)

Devanagari script

यदि तावच्छमं कुर्यानन्‍्यायेन कुरुपुड्रव: । न भवेत्‌ कुरुपाण्डूनां सौभ्रात्रेण महान्‌ क्षय:,यदि कुरुश्रेष्ठ दुर्योधन न्यायके अनुसार शान्ति स्वीकार करेगा, तो कौरव और पाण्डवोंमें परस्पर बन्धुजनोचित सौहार्दवश महान्‌ संहार न होगा

Transliteration

yadi tāvacchamaṃ kuryān nyāyena kurupuṅgavaḥ | na bhavet kurupāṇḍūnāṃ saubhrātreṇa mahān kṣayaḥ ||

Translation

Nếu ngay lúc này, bậc trụ cột của dòng Kuru chịu lập hòa theo lẽ công bằng, thì sẽ không có cuộc tàn phá lớn giữa Kuru và Pāṇḍava do tình nghĩa huynh đệ mà ra.

Word by Word

यदिif

तावत्so much; then; in that case

शमम्peace; pacification

कुर्यात्should do; would make

न्यायेनby justice; according to right

कुरुपुङ्गवःthe bull among the Kurus (best of the Kurus)

नnot

भवेत्would be; would happen

कुरुपाण्डूनाम्of the Kurus and the Pandavas

सौभ्रात्रेणby brotherly feeling; by fraternal amity

महान्great

क्षयःdestruction; ruin; slaughter

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva

Kuru

Pāṇḍava

Duryodhana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Peace grounded in justice (nyāya) is presented as the dharmic path for a ruler; accepting a fair settlement prevents catastrophic, kin-driven destruction and preserves social and familial order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva argues that if the Kuru leader—implicitly Duryodhana—would agree to a just peace, the impending war between closely related Kurus and Pāṇḍavas could be averted, avoiding massive loss born from fraternal entanglement.