Shloka 30
Kṛṣṇa at Duryodhana’s House: Refusal of Hospitality and Departure to Vidura (कृष्णस्य धार्तराष्ट्रनिवेशनगमनम्)
तेजसा5<दित्यसदृशो महर्षिसदृशो दमे । क्षमया पृथिवीतुल्यो महेन्द्रसमविक्रम:
tejasā ādityasadṛśo maharṣisadṛśo dame | kṣamayā pṛthivītulyo mahendrasamavikramaḥ ||
বৈশম্পায়ন বললেন— তেজে তিনি সূর্যের সদৃশ; ইন্দ্রিয়সংযমে মহর্ষিদের তুল্য; ক্ষমায় পৃথিবীর মতো; আর বীর্যে মহেন্দ্র (ইন্দ্র)-সম।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents an ethical ideal of integrated excellence: brilliance (tejas) must be balanced by self-restraint (dama) and forbearance (kṣamā). True kṣatriya greatness is not only martial prowess but also disciplined senses and patient endurance.
In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war setting, Vaiśaṃpāyana describes a hero (contextually Arjuna in the surrounding passage) through a chain of comparisons—Sun, sages, Earth, and Indra—highlighting the qualities that make him the Pandavas’ main support and a decisive force in the coming conflict.