समं हि राज्यं प्रीतिश् च स्थानं च विजितात्मनाम् ॥
पाण्डवेष्व् अथ युष्मासु धर्मस् त्व् अभ्यधिकस् ततः ॥
राजपिण्डभयाद् एते यदि हास्यन्ति जीवितम् ॥
न हि शक्ष्यन्ति राजानं युधिष्ठिरम् उदीक्षितुम् ॥
न लोभाद् अर्थसंपत्तिर् नराणाम् इह दृश्यते ॥
तद् अलं तात लोभेन प्रशाम्य भरतर्षभ ॥
samaṃ hi rājyaṃ prītiś ca sthānaṃ ca vijitātmanām ||
pāṇḍaveṣv atha yuṣmāsu dharmas tv abhyadhikas tataḥ ||
rājapiṇḍabhayād ete yadi hāsyanti jīvitam ||
na hi śakṣyanti rājānaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram udīkṣitum ||
na lobhād arthasaṃpattir narāṇām iha dṛśyate ||
tad alaṃ tāta lobhena praśāmya bharatarṣabha ||
"'For those who have conquered themselves, kingdom, love, and standing are equal both for the Pandavas and for you; but the dharma of the Pandavas is greater. If these kings, out of fear of the king's bread, should give up their lives, they still will not be able to face King Yudhishthira in battle. Among men, the attainment of one's aim through greed is nowhere to be seen. So enough, my child, of greed; be at peace, O bull among the Bharatas.'"
99d9744faf36 · publicado 17 jul 2026, 5:51:08 UTC
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Gandhari speaks as a mother and as a bearer of sober dharma: a kingdom cannot be held by will alone if a man has not conquered his own senses. The chief point of her speech is not an emotional plea but a political and ethical diagnosis: desire, anger, and greed strip Duryodhana of his allies, destroy the family line, and make war inevitable.