Mahabharata 1.175.24 — Adi Parva, Adhyaya 175, Shloka 24
पाण्डवानां पाञ्चालगमनम्
The Pāṇḍavas’ Journey toward Pāñcāla and News of the Svayaṃvara
भृशं च ताड्यमाना वै न जगामाश्रमात् ततः । अर्जुन] उस समय कल्याणमयी नन्दिनी डकराती हुई महर्षि वसिष्ठके सामने आकर खड़ी हो गयी और उन्हींकी ओर मुँह करके देखने लगी। उसके ऊपर जोर-जोरसे मार पड़ रही थी, तो भी वह आश्रमसे अन्यत्र नहीं गयी ।।
vasiṣṭha uvāca | śṛṇomi te ravaṃ bhadre vinadantyāḥ punaḥ punaḥ |
Vasiṣṭha sprach: „O Sanfte, ich höre deinen Ruf, wenn du immer wieder brüllst. Doch was kann ich tun? Glückverheißende Nandinī — Viśvāmitra führt dich mit Gewalt fort. Welche Macht habe ich hierin? Ich bin ein nachsichtiger Brāhmaṇa.“
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the brāhmaṇa ideal of kṣamā (forbearance) and restraint: even when wronged, Vasiṣṭha frames his response through non-violence and patience, contrasting moral self-control with coercive power.
Nandinī cries out repeatedly as she is being taken away by force. Vasiṣṭha acknowledges her distress and states that Viśvāmitra is abducting her, while he himself—committed to the patient brāhmaṇa way—does not respond with violent force.
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