Shloka 14
Drupada’s Instruction to the Purohita for the Kaurava Embassy (द्रुपदोपदेशः दूतप्रेषणम्)
स भवान् धर्मयुक्तश्न धर्म्य तेषु समाचरन्
sa bhavān dharmayuktaś ca dharmyaṃ teṣu samācaran | vibhetsyati manāṃsy eṣām iti me nātra saṃśayaḥ ||
德鲁帕陀说道：“你素来笃守达摩；若在他们中间以正法之道行事，必能撼动他们的心——对此我毫不怀疑。请在俱卢家慈悲的长老面前，陈述先祖所奉行的宗族法度，并叙说般度五子所遭受的艰辛。如此，你必能使他们的心从杜尤陀那一边转离；我对此毫无疑虑。”
दुपद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Moral authority and persuasion should be grounded in dharma: by appealing to ancestral standards (kuladharma) and compassion for the wronged, one can ethically influence political decision-making and restrain adharma.
Drupada expresses confidence that the addressed envoy/counsellor, acting righteously among the Kuru elders, will present the forefathers’ code and the Pāṇḍavas’ sufferings so effectively that the elders’ loyalties will shift away from Duryodhana.