Shloka 36
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ५४: दुर्योधनस्य धृतराष्ट्रं प्रति बलप्रशंसन-युक्तः आश्वासनवादः
Duryodhana’s Reassurance and Force-Praise to Dhritarashtra
एकं प्रहारं यं दद्यां भीमाय रुषितो नृप । स एवैनं नयेद् घोर: क्षिप्रं वैवस्वतक्षयम्,महाराज! मैं रोषमें भरकर भीमसेनपर गदाका जो एक बार प्रहार करूँगा, वह अत्यन्त भयंकर एक ही आघात उन्हें शीघ्र ही यमलोक पहुँचा देगा
ekaṃ prahāraṃ yaṃ dadyāṃ bhīmāya ruṣito nṛpa | sa evainaṃ nayed ghoraḥ kṣipraṃ vaivasvatakṣayam ||
মহারাজ! আমি যদি ক্রোধে ভরে ভীমসেনের উপর গদার একটিমাত্র আঘাত করি, তবে সেই এক ভয়ংকর আঘাতই তাকে দ্রুত বৈবস্বত (যম)-এর ধামে পৌঁছে দেবে।
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger and ego distort judgment: Duryodhana’s confidence is expressed as a death-threat born of krodha, illustrating the ethical peril of boastful, wrath-driven speech that accelerates conflict rather than restraint and dharma.
In Udyoga Parva’s pre-war negotiations and rising tensions, Duryodhana speaks to a king (nṛpa), declaring that if he strikes Bhīma even once—implicitly with his mace—he could quickly kill him, invoking Yama’s realm (vaivasvata-kṣaya) to emphasize lethal intent.