वासुदेव उवाच
मया नागपुरं गत्वा सभायां धृतराष्ट्रजः ॥
तथ्यं पथ्यं हितं चोक्तो न च गृह्णाति दुर्मतिः ॥
युधिष्ठिर उवाच
तस्मिन्न् उत्पथम् आपन्ने कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः ॥
किम् उक्तवान् हृषीकेश दुर्योधनम् अमर्षणम् ॥
आचार्यो वा महाबाहो भारद्वाजः किम् अब्रवीत् ॥
पिता यवीयान् अस्माकं क्षत्ता धर्मभृतां वरः ॥
पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्तः किम् आह धृतराष्ट्रजम् ॥
किं च सर्वे नृपतयः सभायां ये समासते ॥
उक्तवन्तो यथातत्त्वं तद् ब्रूहि त्वं जनार्दन ॥
उक्तवान् हि भवान् सर्वं वचनं कुरुमुख्ययोः ॥
कामलोभाभिभूतस्य मन्दस्य प्राज्ञमानिनः ॥
vāsudeva uvāca
mayā nāgapuraṃ gatvā sabhāyāṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrajaḥ ||
tathyaṃ pathyaṃ hitaṃ cokto na ca gṛhṇāti durmatiḥ ||
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
tasminn utpatham āpanne kuruvṛddhaḥ pitāmahaḥ ||
kim uktavān hṛṣīkeśa duryodhanam amarṣaṇam ||
ācāryo vā mahābāho bhāradvājaḥ kim abravīt ||
pitā yavīyān asmākaṃ kṣattā dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ ||
putraśokābhisaṃtaptaḥ kim āha dhṛtarāṣṭrajam ||
kiṃ ca sarve nṛpatayaḥ sabhāyāṃ ye samāsate ||
uktavanto yathātattvaṃ tad brūhi tvaṃ janārdana ||
uktavān hi bhavān sarvaṃ vacanaṃ kurumukhyayoḥ ||
kāmalobhābhibhūtasya mandasya prājñamāninaḥ ||
Vasudeva said: "Having gone to Hastinapura, I spoke true, beneficial, and good words to the son of Dhritarashtra in the assembly, but that ill-minded man does not accept them." Yudhishthira said: "O Hrishikesha, when he had entered upon the wrong path, what did the elder of the Kurus, grandfather Bhishma, say to the impatient Duryodhana? And what did the teacher, the son of Bharadvaja, say, O mighty-armed one? What did our younger father Vidura, the foremost among the upholders of dharma, burned by sorrow for his son, say to the son of Dhritarashtra? And what did all the kings seated in the assembly truly say? Tell me this, O Janardana. For the words of the two chiefs of the Kurus, overpowered by desire and greed, foolish yet thinking themselves wise, are unpleasant to my heart and do not remain in it."
5a4013e63006 · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 6:17:17 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Krishna recounts to the Pandavas how Bhishma tried to restrain Duryodhana by the force of his own example. The account of Bhishma's own vow shows that the dharma of a family demands not proud possession but self-restraint for the sake of preserving the family and its rightful inheritance.