Shloka 12
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 123 — Bhīṣma–Droṇa–Vidura Upadeśa to Duryodhana
Keśava-vākya aftermath
विपरीता व्वियं वृत्तिरसकृल्लक्ष्यते त्वयि
vaiśampāyana uvāca | viparītā hy iyaṃ vṛttir asakṛl lakṣyate tvayi |
毗舍波耶那说道：“你的行径实乃乖逆；在你身上屡屡可见。噢，婆罗多啊，你此刻所执之顽固，正是非达摩，本无任何相称之因。此可怖之执拗，招致祸患，导向巨大的性命损失；你不可能使它得逞。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Repeatedly choosing a perverse course and clinging to an unjust demand (durāgraha) is itself adharma; it lacks proper justification and inevitably produces harm, even mass loss of life. Ethical counsel here stresses self-correction before consequences become irreversible.
In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war negotiations and warnings, the narrator Vaiśampāyana reports a rebuke directed at a ‘Bhārata’ figure, criticizing his recurring contrary behavior and present stubborn insistence, and warning that such a stance cannot truly succeed and will lead to destructive outcomes.