Shloka 66
गदायुद्धप्रतिज्ञा — The Vow and Terms of the Mace Duel
मायावी मायया वध्य: सत्यमेतद् युधिष्ठिर । भगवान् श्रीकृष्णने कहा--भारत! मायावी दुर्योधनकी इस मायाको आप मायाद्वारा ही नष्ट कर डालिये! युधिष्ठिर! मायावीका वध मायासे ही करना चाहिये
māyāvī māyayā vadhyaḥ satyam etad yudhiṣṭhira | tvaṃ tu kevalamaukhyeṇa vimūḍho nāvabuddhyase ||
风神伐由说道：“啊，坚战，确是如此：以幻术与诡计而战者，当以对等的反诡计制伏。然你拘泥于一味直率，反而迷惑，不能领悟。若对手倚仗 māyā——机巧、谋略与隐蔽——为护持达摩、避免更大的祸患，合乎正道的治国之术亦允许以相应的权谋应之。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
When an adversary uses deception (māyā) to cause harm, counter-strategy may be ethically justified to protect dharma; rigid naïveté can become a moral failing if it enables injustice.
Vāyudeva admonishes Yudhiṣṭhira for clinging to overly literal straightforwardness in a war context, urging him to recognize that a deceitful opponent must sometimes be met with an appropriate stratagem.