धौम्य उवाच
विदिते चापि वक्तव्यं सुहृद्भिर् अनुरागतः ॥
अतो ऽहम् अपि वक्ष्यामि हेतुमात्रं निबोधत ॥
हन्तेमां राजवसतिं राजपुत्रा ब्रवीमि वः ॥
यथा राजकुलं प्राप्य चरन् प्रेष्यो न रिष्यति ॥
दुर्वसं त्व् एव कौरव्या जानता राजवेश्मनि ॥
अमानितैः सुमानार्हा अज्ञातैः परिवत्सरम् ॥
dhaumya uvāca
vidite cāpi vaktavyaṃ suhṛdbhir anurāgataḥ ||
ato 'ham api vakṣyāmi hetumātraṃ nibodhata ||
hantemāṃ rājavasatiṃ rājaputrā bravīmi vaḥ ||
yathā rājakulaṃ prāpya caran preṣyo na riṣyati ||
durvasaṃ tv eva kauravyā jānatā rājaveśmani ||
amānitaiḥ sumānārhā ajñātaiḥ parivatsaram ||
Dhaumya said: "Even when the matter is known, loving friends must still speak with wisdom. Therefore I too shall speak; hear only the reason for it. So then, princes, I shall tell you about life at a king's court: how a servant, having come to the king's house, may live there and not perish. Kauravas, it is very hard for a knowing man to dwell in a king's house, especially for one who deserves the greatest honor, yet must live a whole year unrecognized and unhonored."
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Dhaumya sees the chief danger not only in Duryodhana but in the court itself. Power draws envy, suspicion, and punishment; there one needs an almost ascetic caution.