Shloka 40
उद्योगपर्व अध्याय १३३ — संजये मातृउपदेशः
Udyoga Parva Adhyaya 133 — A Mother’s Counsel to Saṃjaya
मातड़ो मत्त इव च परीयात् सुमहामना: । ब्राह्मणेभ्यो नमेन्नित्यं धर्मायैव च संजय,संजय! महामनस्वी क्षत्रिय मदमत्त हाथीके समान सर्वत्र निर्भय विचरण करे और सदा ब्राह्मणोंको तथा धर्मको ही नमस्कार करे
mātaṅgo matta iva ca parīyāt sumahāmanāḥ | brāhmaṇebhyo namennityaṃ dharmāyaiva ca sañjaya sañjaya ||
Der Sohn sprach: „O Sañjaya, Sañjaya! Ein wahrhaft großgesinnter Kṣatriya soll überall furchtlos umhergehen, wie ein berauschter Elefant; doch soll er sich stets in Ehrfurcht nur vor den Brāhmaṇas und vor dem Dharma verneigen.“
पुत्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
A kṣatriya’s public strength should be fearless and unhesitating, but it must be governed by reverence—especially toward brāhmaṇas and toward Dharma—so that power remains aligned with righteousness rather than pride.
In a didactic exchange within Udyoga Parva, the speaker identified as “the son” addresses Sañjaya, using the image of a rutting elephant to describe bold kṣatriya conduct, while simultaneously prescribing continual homage to brāhmaṇas and Dharma as the ethical boundary for such boldness.