धृष्टद्युम्न उवाच
यवीयसः कथं भार्यां ज्येष्ठो भ्राता द्विजर्षभ ॥
ब्रह्मन् समभिवर्तेत सद्वृत्तः संस् तपोधन ॥
न तु धर्मस्य सूक्ष्मत्वाद् गतिं विद्मः कथं चन ॥
अधर्मो धर्म इति वा व्यवसायो न शक्यते ॥
कर्तुम् अस्मद्विधैर् ब्रह्मंस् ततो न व्यवसाम्य् अहम् ॥
पञ्चानां महिषी कृष्णा भवत्व् इति कथं चन ॥
dhṛṣṭadyumna uvāca
yavīyasaḥ kathaṃ bhāryāṃ jyeṣṭho bhrātā dvijarṣabha ||
brahman samabhivarteta sadvṛttaḥ saṃs tapodhana ||
na tu dharmasya sūkṣmatvād gatiṃ vidmaḥ kathaṃ cana ||
adharmo dharma iti vā vyavasāyo na śakyate ||
kartum asmadvidhair brahmaṃs tato na vyavasāmy aham ||
pañcānāṃ mahiṣī kṛṣṇā bhavatv iti kathaṃ cana ||
Dhrishtadyumna said: 'How would the elder brother, being of good conduct, O bull among the twice-born, approach the wife of the younger? But owing to the subtlety of dharma, we do not know its course at all; whether it is "unrighteousness" or "righteousness" — such a decision cannot be made by ones such as we, O brahmin. Therefore I do not resolve that Krishna should become the wife of the five, in any way.'
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Here the brother honestly acknowledges the limit of his own understanding. It is telling that Dhrishtadyumna both hesitates and dares not judge: it is nobler to admit ignorance than to hastily condemn or approve what is subtle. In this lies humility, which does not pass off its own opinion as dharma: where reason falls short, a voice from above is needed. Thus scripture shows honest hesitation, and the shared perplexity heightens the need for Vyasa's word.