विदितं ते महाराज राजस्व् एवासमञ्जसम् ॥
अन्धका यादवा भोजाः समेताः कंसम् अत्यजन् ॥
नियोगाच् च हते तस्मिन् कृष्णेनामित्रघातिना ॥
एवं ते ज्ञातयः सर्वे मोदमानाः शतं समाः ॥
त्वन्नियुक्तः सव्यसाची निगृह्णातु सुयोधनम् ॥
निग्रहाद् अस्य पापस्य मोदन्तां कुरवः सुखम् ॥
viditaṃ te mahārāja rājasv evāsamañjasam ||
andhakā yādavā bhojāḥ sametāḥ kaṃsam atyajan ||
niyogāc ca hate tasmin kṛṣṇenāmitraghātinā ||
evaṃ te jñātayaḥ sarve modamānāḥ śataṃ samāḥ ||
tvanniyuktaḥ savyasācī nigṛhṇātu suyodhanam ||
nigrahād asya pāpasya modantāṃ kuravaḥ sukham ||
"It is known to you, O great king, that discord occurs even among kings: the Andhakas, Yadavas, and Bhojas, coming together as one, cast off Kamsa. And when he was slain by Krishna, slayer of enemies, at their behest, all those kinsmen rejoiced for a hundred years. So too let Savyasachi [Arjuna], appointed by you, restrain Suyodhana; by the restraint of this sinner let the Kurus rejoice in happiness."
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Vidura brings forward the example of Kamsa: the kinsmen cast off one evildoer — and gained a hundred years of happiness. Telling is how bold his counsel is: to restrain Duryodhana, even by Arjuna's hand, for the salvation of the whole line. The verse teaches that for the sake of the whole one must sometimes cut off the one: amputating a diseased limb saves the body. And the reference to Kamsa, deposed by Krishna at the kinsmen's will, quietly reminds us that even a close relation, once turned into ruin, must be restrained. But Dhritarashtra is not the Andhakas: they chose the good of the line over the one, while he will choose the one over the line. In the choice between a son and the family the fate of the Bharatas is decided; and unwillingness to sacrifice the small for the sake of the great will destroy the great.