Shloka 17
धृतराष्ट्र-सत्कारः तथा श्राद्ध-दाने नियमनम् | Honoring Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Regulating Śrāddha-Gifts
प्रियाण्येव तु कौरव्यो नाप्रियाणि कुरूद्गधह:
vaiśampāyana uvāca | priyāṇy eva tu kauravyo nāpriyāṇi kurūdgaḍhaḥ | viparītakaś ca me śatrur niyamyaś ca bhaven naraḥ ||
毗舍摩耶那说道：“俱卢族的友提湿提罗意志坚定、决心不移，只说悦人之言，不出粗厉逆耳之语。在我看来，行事悖逆者为敌；而能守纪律、知服从者，当视为友。”（因此，天性慈悲的友提湿提罗告诫诸弟与群臣：当敬奉持国王为可尊之长者；以遵从其命令为忠诚之标志。）
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler should cultivate disciplined speech—favoring what is beneficial and agreeable over harshness—and maintain social order by defining loyalty as obedience to rightful authority; deliberate contrariness becomes a breach of dharma and is treated as enmity.
Vaiśampāyana describes Yudhiṣṭhira’s gentle, principled governance: he instructs his circle that honoring and obeying the elder Dhṛtarāṣṭra is a duty, and that those who oppose this discipline are to be regarded as adversaries liable to punishment.