Shloka 23
उद्योगपर्व — गान्धारी-उपदेशः
Udyoga Parva — Gandhārī’s Counsel to Duryodhana
न चेत् संधास्यसे राजन् स्वेन कामेन पाण्डवै: । बद्ध्वा किल त्वां दास्यन्ति कुन्तीपुत्राय कौरवा:
na cet saṃdhāsyase rājan svena kāmena pāṇḍavaiḥ | baddhvā kila tvāṃ dāsyanti kuntīputrāya kauravāḥ ||
毗湿摩波衍那说道：“大王啊！若你不依自己的意愿与般度族（Pāṇḍava）议和，恐怕俱卢众（Kaurava）会将你捆缚起来，交到昆蒂之子（坚战，Yudhiṣṭhira）手中。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Peace (saṃdhi) should be chosen willingly and ethically; refusing reconciliation out of stubborn desire can lead to loss of agency and humiliating coercion. The verse warns that ignoring dharmic counsel may force one into submission through political and military pressure.
Vaiśaṃpāyana reports a warning addressed to a king: if he does not voluntarily conclude peace with the Pāṇḍavas, the Kauravas are expected to seize him, bind him, and deliver him to Yudhiṣṭhira—signaling escalating tensions and the hardening of factions in the lead-up to war.