Shloka 3
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 3 — Sātyaki on Inner Disposition, Legitimacy, and Coercive Readiness
संसारमें शूरवीर पुरुष भी हैं और कापुरुष (कायर) भी। पुरुषोंमें ये दोनों पक्ष निश्चितरूपसे देखे जाते हैं ।।
ekasminneva jāyete kule klībamahābalau | phalāphalavatī śākhā yathaikasmin vanaspatau ||
বৈশম্পায়ন বললেন—জগতে একই বংশের মধ্যেও কাপুরুষ ও বীর—উভয়ই জন্মায়। যেমন এক গাছেই কোনো ডাল ফলবতী, আর কোনো ডাল নিষ্ফল থাকে; তেমনি একই কুলে দুই রকম সন্তান হয়—একজন দুর্বলচিত্ত, আর অন্যজন মহাবলশালী।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that lineage does not uniformly determine virtue or strength: within the same family, individuals may differ radically—some lacking courage and capability, others possessing great valor—just as a single tree can have both fruitful and fruitless branches.
Vaiśampāyana, as narrator, offers a general moral observation in the Udyoga Parva context: while describing tensions leading toward war, he highlights the natural diversity of human qualities within the same clan, preparing the listener to understand contrasting behaviors among related figures.