Shloka 86

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 71 — Kṣatra-dharma Counsel, Public Legitimacy, and Mobilization

Devanagari script

न चापि मम पर्याप्ता: सहिता: सर्वपार्थिवा: । क्रुद्धस्य संयुगे स्थातुं सिंहस्येवेतरे मृगा:,(मेरे तिरस्कारके भयसे भी आप चिन्तित न हों, क्योंकि) जैसे क्रोधमें भरे हुए सिंहके सामने दूसरे पशु नहीं ठहर सकते हैं, उसी प्रकार यदि मैं कोप करूँ, तो संसारके सारे भूपाल मिलकर भी युद्धमें मेरे सामने खड़े नहीं हो सकते हैं

Transliteration

na cāpi mama paryāptāḥ sahitāḥ sarvapārthivāḥ | kruddhasya saṃyuge sthātuṃ siṃhasyevetare mṛgāḥ ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira sprach: „Selbst wenn sich alle Könige der Erde vereinten, wären sie doch nicht ausreichend, mir im Kampf standzuhalten, wenn mich Zorn ergreift—wie andere Tiere vor einem rasenden Löwen nicht bestehen können.“

Word by Word

{'na ca api''and not even', 'mama': 'of me

for me', 'paryāptāḥ''sufficient

able to match', 'sahitāḥ''together

in alliance', 'sarva-pārthivāḥ''all kings

all rulers of the earth', 'kruddhasya''of one who is enraged

of the angry (person)', 'saṃyuge''in battle

in armed conflict', 'sthātum''to stand

to face', 'siṃhasya''of a lion', 'iva': 'like

as', 'itare''other

the rest', 'mṛgāḥ''animals

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

sarvapārthivāḥ (all kings)

siṃha (lion)

mṛgāḥ (other animals)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the overwhelming force of a warrior’s wrath and authority, using the lion metaphor to convey unmatched dominance; ethically, it also implies that such power must be governed by dharma and restraint, since anger is potent but dangerous.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira speaks assertively about his capacity in battle: if provoked to anger, even a coalition of kings could not withstand him—framing his strength as a deterrent and emphasizing the seriousness of pushing a dharmic ruler toward wrath.