Shloka 1
कपोत-लुब्धकसंवादः — Hunter’s Remorse and Renunciatory Resolve
अपन का छा ] अतकडऑकाडज द्विचत्वारिशर्दाधिकशततमो< ध्याय: आपत्कालमें राजाके धर्मका निश्चय तथा उत्तम ब्राह्मणोंके सेवनका आदेश युधिछिर उवाच यदि घोर समुद्िष्टमश्रद्धेयमिवानृतम् । अस्ति स्विद् दस्युमर्यादा यामहं परिवर्जये
Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | yadi ghoraṃ samudiṣṭam aśraddheyam ivānṛtam | asti svid dasyu-maryādā yām ahaṃ parivarjaye ||
由提施提罗说道：“若在危难之时，连高贵之人也被规定须行如此可怖之事——令人难以置信，几近虚妄——那么盗贼与匪徒的恶行还剩下什么界限？告诉我：那一条底线，何者是我应当永远弃绝的？”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when emergency-dharma (āpaddharma) permits harsh actions, one must still ask whether any inviolable moral boundary remains; Yudhiṣṭhira insists that dharma cannot become indistinguishable from criminality.
In the Śānti Parva’s discussion of conduct in calamity, Yudhiṣṭhira challenges the idea that extremely severe acts can be ‘duty’ in crisis, asking what line separates righteous necessity from the behavior of bandits.