Drupada’s Instruction to the Purohita for the Kaurava Embassy (द्रुपदोपदेशः दूतप्रेषणम्)
पुनरेकत्रकरणं तेषां कर्म भविष्यति । जब मन्त्रियोंमें फूट पड़ जायगी और योद्धा भी विमुख होकर चल देंगे, तब उनका (प्रधान) कार्य होगा--पुनः नूतन सेनाका संग्रह और संगठन
punar ekatra-karaṇaṁ teṣāṁ karma bhaviṣyati |
德鲁帕达说道:“他们的要务将再次是把一切收拢归一——重新合并,重新整顿。待群臣生隙,连武士也背离而去之时,他们首要之事便是再度征集新军,恢复其军纪与编制。”
दुपद उवाच
Factionalism among advisers and loss of morale among fighters weakens a kingdom; therefore leadership must prioritize restoring unity and reorganizing forces. The verse highlights the ethical-political duty of rulers to prevent internal division and to rebuild order when it collapses.
Drupada is describing a likely consequence of internal splits: when ministers quarrel and warriors become disheartened and leave, the remaining leadership’s main work becomes reassembling and reorganizing a new army—an act of recovery after political and military fragmentation.