Mahabharata — Udyoga Parva, Shloka 6
Drupada’s Instruction to the Purohita for the Kaurava Embassy (द्रुपदोपदेशः दूतप्रेषणम्)
विदुरेणानुनीतो<पि पुत्रमेवानुवर्तते । शकुनिर्बुद्धिपूर्व हि कुन्तीपुत्रं समाह्नयत्,इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि सेनोद्योगपर्वणि पुरोहितयाने षष्ठो5ध्याय:
vidureṇānunīto 'pi putram evānuvartate | śakunir buddhipūrvaṃ hi kuntīputraṃ samāhvayat | iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi senodyogaparvaṇi purohitayāne ṣaṣṭho 'dhyāyaḥ |
德鲁帕陀说道：纵然毗度罗曾竭力劝谏、加以约束，他仍只追随自己儿子的道路。因为沙昆尼以深思熟虑之计，确已召来昆蒂之子。于是，在《摩诃婆罗多》之《优提瑜伽篇》中，于“整军列阵”之段落、在“祭司出使”之章回里，第六章至此终结。
दुपद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wise counsel alone does not reform a leader who is bound by attachment and partiality; when judgment is captured by loyalty to one’s own (here, a father’s alignment with his son), manipulative strategists can steer events toward conflict.
Drupada observes that despite Vidura’s attempts to restrain the Kaurava side through ethical counsel, the decision-makers continue to follow Duryodhana’s line; meanwhile Śakuni, acting deliberately, has summoned a son of Kuntī (a Pāṇḍava), signaling calculated political escalation in the run-up to war.