Shloka 13

भीष्मद्रोणयोर्दुर्योधनं प्रति शान्त्युपदेशः | Bhīṣma and Droṇa’s Counsel to Duryodhana for Pacification

Devanagari script

ये त्वां प्रोत्साहयन्त्येते नैते कृत्याय कर्िचित्‌ | वैरं परेषां ग्रीवायां प्रतिमोक्ष्यन्ति संयुगे

Transliteration

ye tvāṁ protsāhayanty ete naite kṛtyāya karhicit | vairaṁ pareṣāṁ grīvāyāṁ pratimokṣyanti saṁyuge ||

Translation

毗舍婆耶那说：“那些催逼你的人，实则从未为你的福祉着想。临阵之时，他们只会把他人的仇怨扣在你的颈上，让你独自背负敌意的重担与后果。”

Word by Word

येwho (those who)

त्वाम्you

प्रोत्साहयन्तिencourage, urge on

एतेthese

नnot

एतेthese

कृत्यायfor the proper course of action / for what should be done

कर्हिचित्ever, at any time

वैरम्enmity, hostility

परेषाम्of others (of the enemies)

ग्रीवायाम्on the neck

प्रतिमोक्ष्यन्तिwill fasten/put on, will impose

संयुगेin battle

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Do not mistake loud encouragement for genuine well-wishing. Those who incite another toward conflict may escape the cost, while the incited person must carry the resulting enmity and its karmic and political consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana comments on the danger of being pushed into battle by advisers or supporters: their urging is not truly for the listener’s good, because it will cause the listener to inherit and bear the hostility of others in the coming conflict.