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Shloka 4

Adhyāya 39: Śiśupāla’s Censure and Bhīma’s Contained Wrath (शिशुपाल-निन्दा तथा भीमक्रोध-निग्रहः)

मतिमन्तश्न ये केचिदाचार्य पितरं गुरुम्‌,स एव हि मया वध्यो भविष्यति न संशय: । “राजाओ! केशी दैत्यका वध करनेवाले अनन्त-पराक्रमी भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णकी मेरे द्वारा जो पूजा की गयी है, उसे आपलोगोंमेंसे जो सहन न कर सकें, उन सब बलवानोंके मस्तकपर मैंने यह पैर रख दिया। मैंने खूब सोच-समझकर यह बात कही है। जो इसका उत्तर देना चाहे, वह सामने आ जाय। मेरे द्वारा वह वधके योग्य होगा; इसमें संशय नहीं है

matimantaś ca ye kecid ācāryaṃ pitaraṃ gurum | sa eva hi mayā vadhyo bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ ||

قال فايشَمبايانا: «من كان منكم—مهما بلغ من حكمةٍ أو قوة—لا يطيق الإكرام الذي قدّمته لشري كريشنا، قاتل كيشين، فيقوم عليه معترضًا؛ فكأنما وضعتُ قدمي على رؤوس جميع أولئك الرجال. إنما أقول هذا بعد تدبّر. فليتقدّم من شاء أن يجيب؛ فبيدي سيُعَدّ مستحقًّا للقتل—لا ريب في ذلك.»

मतिमन्तःintelligent, thoughtful (persons)
मतिमन्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमतिमन्त्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
येwho (those who)
ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
केचित्some (certain ones)
केचित्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् + चित्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
आचार्यO teacher
आचार्य:
TypeNoun
Rootआचार्य
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
पितरम्father
पितरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
गुरुम्guru, preceptor
गुरुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगुरु
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
सःhe, that person
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एवindeed, certainly
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
हिfor, indeed
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
मयाby me
मया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormInstrumental, Singular
वध्यःto be slain, fit to be killed
वध्यः:
TypeAdjective
Rootवध्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भविष्यतिwill be / will become
भविष्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormSimple Future (Luṭ), 3, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśaṃpāyana
Ś
Śrī Kṛṣṇa
K
Keśin (Keśi)

Educational Q&A

The passage highlights how honor offered to a worthy figure (here, Kṛṣṇa) becomes a moral test for the assembly: those driven by envy or wounded pride cannot tolerate rightful reverence and thereby invite conflict. It warns that arrogance and intolerance toward others’ devotion or merit can rapidly turn a courtly setting into a stage for violence.

In the royal assembly context, a speaker (reported by Vaiśaṃpāyana) issues a provocative challenge: anyone who cannot bear the worship/honor shown to Kṛṣṇa should come forward, for such a person is declared worthy of being slain. The rhetoric of ‘placing a foot on their heads’ signals domination and deliberate insult, escalating tensions among powerful men present.