Shloka 21
Śikhaṇḍin’s Transformation, Daśārṇa Verification, and Kubera’s Conditional Curse
Udyoga Parva 193
अभिमन्युश्वच बलवान् द्रौपद्या: पठच चात्मजा: । स्वयं चापि समर्थोडसि त्रैलोक्योत्सादनेडपि च
abhimanyur eva ca balavān draupadyāḥ pañca cātmajāḥ | svayaṃ cāpi samartho 'si trailokyotsādane 'pi ca ||
যুধিষ্ঠির বললেন—অভিমন্যুও পরাক্রমশালী, আর দ্রৌপদীর পাঁচ পুত্রও তোমার সঙ্গেই আছে। তুমিও নিজে তিন লোকেরও বিনাশ সাধনে সক্ষম।
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the presence of great strength on the listener’s side—Abhimanyu, Draupadī’s five sons, and the addressee himself—while implicitly pointing to the ethical burden that accompanies such power: capability must be guided by dharma and restraint, not mere capacity for destruction.
In Udyoga Parva’s pre-war deliberations, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses a powerful ally/warrior, reassuring him that formidable fighters are already aligned with him and emphasizing the addressee’s extraordinary might—so great it is hyperbolically described as sufficient to destroy the three worlds.