Mahabharata — Udyoga Parva, Shloka 5
Drupada’s Instruction to the Purohita for the Kaurava Embassy (द्रुपदोपदेशः दूतप्रेषणम्)
पाण्डवश्व यथावृत्त: कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिर: । धृतराष्ट्रस्य विदिते वज्चिता: पाण्डवा: परै:
pāṇḍavaś ca yathāvṛttaḥ kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | dhṛtarāṣṭrasya vidite vañcitāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ paraiḥ ||
“至于昆蒂之子、般度之子、般度五子之首——尤狄希提罗——他的行止与事态的进程，对你并非秘密。而般度五子之所以受骗，正是在持国王知情之下，被其敌对者所欺。”
दुपद उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler’s moral accountability includes what is done with his knowledge: Dhṛtarāṣṭra cannot be absolved if injustice occurs knowingly. The verse underscores ethical governance—awareness without intervention becomes complicity.
Drupada addresses Yudhiṣṭhira, reminding him that the Pāṇḍavas were deceived by their enemies and that this happened with Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s awareness—an argument meant to frame the Kaurava side as culpable and to justify firm political and moral response.