Shloka 23
Udyoga Parva Adhyāya 58 — Saṃjaya’s Audience and Kṛṣṇa’s Deterrent Counsel (संजय-प्रवेशः कृष्णवाक्यं च)
अर्थास्त्यजत पात्रेभ्य: सुतान् प्राप्तुत कामजान् । प्रियं प्रियेभ्यश्षरत राजा हि त्वरते जये
arthās tyajata pātrebhyaḥ sutān prāptuṃ kāmajān | priyaṃ priyebhyaḥ śarat rājā hi tvarate jaye || tejo-mayaṃ durādharṣaṃ gāṇḍīvaṃ yasya kārmukam | mad-dvitīyena teneha vairaṃ vaḥ savyasācinā ||
风神伐由说道：“把财物舍与配受之人，求得由正当愿欲而生的子嗣；将所爱之物献给所爱之人——因为君王正疾趋胜利。然而在此，你们却加深了与善射者阿周那（Savyasācin）的仇怨；他的弓乃光辉而不可征服的甘狄瓦（Gāṇḍīva），而他的第二位助力正是我。故而，不诛灭有罪的俱卢族（Kaurava），那份恩债的重负便无法从我心中卸下。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage frames kingship and conflict in ethical terms: wealth should be directed to worthy recipients, cherished duties should be honored, and wrongdoing—especially grave public injustice—creates a moral debt that demands rectification. Vāyu underscores that power allied with dharma (Arjuna with Gāṇḍīva and divine support) makes unjust enmity self-destructive.
Vāyu-deva speaks in the Udyoga Parva context of escalating war. He warns the Kaurava side that they have provoked Arjuna, whose martial strength is unmatched and who is supported by Vāyu. The accompanying narrative recollection points to the Draupadī humiliation in the Kaurava court and Kṛṣṇa being invoked as “Govinda,” presenting that outrage as a debt that cannot be eased without punishing the guilty.