श्रुत्वैतद् धर्मराजस्य धर्मार्थसहितं वचः ॥
मेघदुन्दुभिनिर्घोषः कृष्णो वचनम् अब्रवीत् ॥
उक्तवान् अस्मि यद् वाक्यं धर्मार्थसहितं हितम् ॥
न तु तन् निकृतिप्रज्ञे कौरव्ये प्रतितिष्ठति ॥
न च भीष्मस्य दुर्मेधाः शृणोति विदुरस्य वा ॥
मम वा भाषितं किं चित् सर्वम् एवातिवर्तते ॥
न स कामयते धर्मं न स कामयते यशः ॥
जितं स मन्यते सर्वं दुरात्मा कर्णम् आश्रितः ॥
बन्धम् आज्ञापयाम् आस मम चापि सुयोधनः ॥
न च तं लब्धवान् कामं दुरात्मा शासनातिगः ॥
śrutvaitad dharmarājasya dharmārthasahitaṃ vacaḥ ||
meghadundubhinirghoṣaḥ kṛṣṇo vacanam abravīt ||
uktavān asmi yad vākyaṃ dharmārthasahitaṃ hitam ||
na tu tan nikṛtiprajñe kauravye pratitiṣṭhati ||
na ca bhīṣmasya durmedhāḥ śṛṇoti vidurasya vā ||
mama vā bhāṣitaṃ kiṃ cit sarvam evātivartate ||
na sa kāmayate dharmaṃ na sa kāmayate yaśaḥ ||
jitaṃ sa manyate sarvaṃ durātmā karṇam āśritaḥ ||
bandham ājñāpayām āsa mama cāpi suyodhanaḥ ||
na ca taṃ labdhavān kāmaṃ durātmā śāsanātigaḥ ||
Having heard these words of the king of dharma, joined with duty and advantage, Krishna, whose voice thundered like a cloud and a drum, replied: "I have spoken a word joined with dharma, advantage, and benefit, but it takes no root in that crafty-minded Kaurava. This evil-minded man heeds neither Bhishma nor Vidura, nor anything spoken by me; he disregards it all. He desires neither dharma nor fame: this wicked soul, relying on Karna, believes he has already won everything. Suyodhana even ordered me bound, but this wicked soul, transgressing all counsel, did not attain his desire."
49f59b86a88c · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 6:17:52 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here Yudhishthira once again tests the decision for war through dharma: his question is not about advantage, but about how to act without falling from his duty. Krishna's answer and Arjuna's reminder show that peace was exhausted not through any weakness of effort, but through Duryodhana's conscious rejection of dharma; thus the battle becomes not a desire for violence, but the inevitable fulfillment of responsibility.