Shloka 56
Dharma-śaṅkā-nivāraṇa: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Response on Karma-Phala and Trust in Dharma
व्यसन वास्य काड्क्षेत विवासं वा युधिष्ठिर । अपि सिन्धोगिरिर्वापि किं पुनर्मर्त्यधर्मिण:,महाराज युधिष्ठिर! अथवा शत्रुपर कोई भारी संकट आने या देशसे उसके निकाले जानेकी प्रतीक्षा करे; क्योंकि अपना विरोधी यदि समुद्र अथवा पर्वत हो तो उसपर भी विपत्ति लानेकी इच्छा रखनी चाहिये, फिर जो मरणधर्मा मनुष्य है, उसके लिये तो कहना ही क्या है?
vyasana-vāsya kāṅkṣet vivāsaṃ vā yudhiṣṭhira | api sindho-girir vāpi kiṃ punar martyadharmiṇaḥ ||
玉提湿陀罗说道：“当伺机盼其敌遭逢灾厄，或被逐出其土。纵使对手是大海或高山，也应希求使其受难——何况那不过是必死的凡人，终受死法所系。”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse expresses a hard-edged political ethic: in rivalry, one should not passively wait for danger but actively seek the opponent’s weakening—since even vast forces (like sea or mountain) would be treated as adversaries, a mortal human opponent is certainly vulnerable.
Yudhiṣṭhira is speaking in the Vana Parva context, articulating a principle about dealing with enemies—framing exile or calamity as desirable outcomes for an adversary and emphasizing the inevitability of human vulnerability (mortality).