यस् तु निःश्रेयसं वाक्यं मोहान् न प्रतिपद्यते ॥
स दीर्घसूत्रो हीनार्थः पश्चात्तापेन युज्यते ॥
यस् तु निःश्रेयसं श्रुत्वा प्राप्तम् एवाभिपद्यते ॥
आत्मनो मतम् उत्सृज्य स लोके सुखम् एधते ॥
यो ऽर्थकामस्य वचनं प्रातिकूल्यान् न मृष्यते ॥
शृणोति प्रतिकूलानि द्विषतां वशम् एति सः ॥
सतां मतम् अतिक्रम्य यो ऽसतां वर्तते मते ॥
शोचन्ते व्यसने तस्य सुहृदो नचिराद् इव ॥
मुख्यान् अमात्यान् उत्सृज्य यो निहीनान् निषेवते ॥
स घोराम् आपदं प्राप्य नोत्तारम् अधिगच्छति ॥
yas tu niḥśreyasaṃ vākyaṃ mohān na pratipadyate ||
sa dīrghasūtro hīnārthaḥ paścāttāpena yujyate ||
yas tu niḥśreyasaṃ śrutvā prāptam evābhipadyate ||
ātmano matam utsṛjya sa loke sukham edhate ||
yo 'rthakāmasya vacanaṃ prātikūlyān na mṛṣyate ||
śṛṇoti pratikūlāni dviṣatāṃ vaśam eti saḥ ||
satāṃ matam atikramya yo 'satāṃ vartate mate ||
śocante vyasane tasya suhṛdo nacirād iva ||
mukhyān amātyān utsṛjya yo nihīnān niṣevate ||
sa ghorām āpadaṃ prāpya nottāram adhigacchati ||
"He who, out of delusion, does not accept a word leading to the highest good, being slow and having lost his purpose, is later joined with remorse. He who, having heard the highest good, immediately accepts the word that has reached him, abandoning his own opinion, grows in happiness in the world. He who, out of opposition, does not endure the word of one who wishes his benefit, listens to hostile words and falls under the power of his enemies. He who, transgressing the counsel of the worthy, follows the counsel of the unworthy, is soon mourned by his friends when he falls into misfortune. He who, abandoning his chief counsellors, follows the lowly, upon meeting a terrible danger finds no way across."
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Krishna directs his instruction to Duryodhana directly and practically: to set aside pride, listen to friends, hold to dharma, and choose peace with the Pandavas. The point of this passage is not abstract morality but a warning of the concrete destruction of the dynasty, should the desire for power be placed above truth, kinship, and prudence.