Shloka 69
Dasyu-maryādā and Buddhi-guided Rāja-nīti (दस्युमर्यादा तथा बुद्धिप्रधान-राजनीति)
वैरमन्तिकमासाद्य य:ः प्रीतिं कर्तुमिच्छति । मृन्मयस्येव भग्नस्य यथा संधिर्न विद्यते
vairam āntikam āsādya yaḥ prītiṃ kartum icchati | mṛṇmayasyeva bhagnasya yathā sandhir na vidyate ||
梵摩达多说道：“当仇怨被推至极限——唯有以死亡为终——此时若有人还想建立亲爱，终究不可能。那样的爱无法复原，正如陶器一旦粉碎，便再无真正的合缝。”
ब्रह्मदत्त उवाच
Educational Q&A
If hostility is allowed to harden to the point of mortal, irreversible conflict, later attempts at affection or reconciliation are futile; some ruptures—like a shattered clay pot—cannot be made whole again.
In a didactic exchange within the Śānti Parva, Brahmadatta offers a moral observation using a concrete metaphor: once enmity has reached its terminal extreme, the possibility of restoring genuine friendship is effectively lost.