Shloka 41

उद्योगपर्व (अध्याय १२९) — केशवस्य वैभवप्रदर्शनम् / Krishna’s Theophanic Display in the Kuru Assembly

Devanagari script

धृतराष्ट्रके ऐसा कहनेपर विदुरने भी अमर्षमें भरे हुए धृतराष्ट्रपुत्र दुर्योधनके पास जाकर इस प्रकार कहा ।।

Transliteration

vidura uvāca | duryodhana nibodhedaṁ vacana mama sāmpratam | saubhadvāre dānavendro dvivido nāma nāmataḥ | śilāvarṣeṇa mahatā chādayāmāsa keśavam ||

Translation

Vidura sprach: „Duryodhana, höre jetzt auf meine Worte. In Saubhadvāra lebte ein mächtiger Herr unter den Dānavas, mit Namen Dvivida. Einst bedeckte er Keśava (Kṛṣṇa), indem er einen gewaltigen Steinhagel auf ihn schleuderte.“

Word by Word

• विदुरः: Vidura
• विदुरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदुर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दुर्योधन: O Duryodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• निबोध: understand/heed
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध्
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वचनम्: speech/statement
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मम: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• साम्प्रतम्: now/at present
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साम्प्रतम्

• सौभद्वारे: at/in Saubha-dvāra (a place/gate named Saubha)
• सौभद्वारे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभद्वार
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानवेन्द्रः: lord of the Dānavas (demon-chief)
• दानवेन्द्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानवेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्विविदः: Dvivida (proper name)
• द्विविदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विविद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: by name
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• नामतः: as to name / in name
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामतः

• शिलावर्षेण: with a shower of stones
• शिलावर्षेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिलावर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• महता: great/huge
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• छादयामास: covered/veiled
• Type: Verb
• Root: छद्
• Form: Periphrastic Perfect (liṭ, āma-prayoga), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• केशवम्: Keshava (Krishna)
• केशवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• Duryodhana
• Saubhadvāra
• Dvivida
• Dānava(s)
• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• śilā (stones)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Vidura warns against arrogant aggression: even great power becomes futile when directed against dharma and the divinely protected; hostility born of pride rebounds upon the aggressor.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vidura approaches Duryodhana and begins a cautionary tale, recalling how Dvivida at Saubhadvāra once tried to overwhelm Kṛṣṇa (Keśava) with a massive barrage of stones—setting up a moral warning for Duryodhana’s own course.