Shloka 20

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

Devanagari script

निग्रहीतुं किलेच्छन्ति सहिता वासवानुजम्‌ | इमं पुरुषशार्दूलमप्रधृष्यं दुरासदम्‌

Transliteration

nigrahītuṃ kilecchanti sahitā vāsavānujam | imaṃ puruṣaśārdūlam apradhṛṣyaṃ durāsadam

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: United together, they indeed wish to restrain Vāsava’s younger brother—this tiger among men, one who cannot be overpowered and is difficult to approach. The line underscores the moral tension of confronting a formidable, righteous hero through collective force, hinting at the gravity and consequences of attempting to curb such a person.

Word by Word

• निग्रहीतुम्: to restrain, to seize/hold back
• निग्रहीतुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: निग्रह् (नि + ग्रह्)
• Form: tumun (infinitive), parasmaipada (usage-neutral in infinitive)

• किल: indeed, it is said
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल

• इच्छन्ति: they wish/desire
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (इच्छ्)
• Form: लट् (present), 3rd, plural, parasmaipada

• सहिता: united, together (assembled)
• सहिता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (ppp of सह + इ)
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

• वासवानुजम्: the younger brother of Vāsava (Indra) (i.e., Upendra/Vishnu)
• वासवानुजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासवानुज
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• पुरुषशार्दूलम्: tiger among men, best of men
• पुरुषशार्दूलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषशार्दूल
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अप्रधृष्यम्: unassailable, not to be overpowered
• अप्रधृष्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रधृष्य
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• दुरासदम्: hard to approach/attack
• दुरासदम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुरासद
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Vāsava (Indra)
• Vāsavānuja (Arjuna)