Shloka 11
Jarāsandha–Vāsudeva Saṃvāda: Kṣātra-Dharma, Pride, and the Ethics of Coercion
Sabhā Parva, Adhyāya 20
निहतश्न जरासंधो मोक्षिताश्न महीक्षित: | राजसूयश्न मे लब्धो निदेशे तव तिकछत:ः,आपकी आज्ञाके अनुसार चलनेमात्रसे मैं यह मानता हूँ कि जरासंध मारा गया। समस्त राजा उसकी कैदसे छुटकारा पा गये और मेरा राजसूययज्ञ भी पूरा हो गया
nihataś ca jarāsandho mokṣitāś ca mahīkṣitaḥ | rājasūyaś ca me labdho nideśe tava tiṣṭhataḥ ||
قال يودهيشثيرا: «لمجرّد أني ثبتُّ على توجيهك أعدُّ جَرَاسَنْدَه قد قُتل، والملوك قد أُطلق سراحهم من أسره، وقربان الرّاجاسويا الذي لي قد تمّ وثبت. لا أنسب هذا الظفر إلى قوتي، بل إلى طاعة المشورة الحكيمة وإلى الهداية على نهج الدharma التي منحتني إيّاها.»
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights humility and ethical leadership: Yudhiṣṭhira credits success to following righteous counsel rather than personal pride, implying that dharmic guidance and disciplined obedience can yield both political victory and moral legitimacy.
After Jarāsandha’s defeat and the freeing of kings he had imprisoned, Yudhiṣṭhira acknowledges that these outcomes—and the securing of his Rājasūya—were accomplished by adhering to the instruction of the one he addresses (contextually, Kṛṣṇa’s guidance).