Shloka 45
अनेक युगों तथा असंख्य वर्षोकी आयुवाले नरकासुरको युद्धमें मारकर श्रीकृष्ण उसके यहाँसे सहस्रों राजकन्याओंको (उद्धार करके) ले गये और उन सबके साथ उन्होंने विधिपूर्वक विवाह किया ।। निर्मोचने षट् सहस्रा: पाशैर्बद्धा महासुरा: । ग्रहीतुं नाशकंश्रैनं त॑ त्वं प्रार्थथसे बलात्
nirmocane ṣaṭ-sahasrāḥ pāśair baddhā mahāsurāḥ | grahītuṃ nāśakaṃs taṃ tvam prārthayase balāt ||
Vidura said: “At the time of their release, six thousand mighty demons were bound fast in nooses, yet they could not seize him. And you now seek to take him by force.”
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vidura warns against arrogant, force-driven action: if even powerful adversaries, though numerous, could not overpower the one in question, it is both imprudent and unrighteous to attempt to subdue him by coercion. True policy aligns strength with dharma and realistic judgment.
In the Udyoga Parva’s counsel-setting, Vidura addresses the Kuru court’s hostile intent toward Kṛṣṇa. He cites a precedent: many mighty beings, even in great number and despite being bound, failed to seize him—thereby rebuking the present plan to capture or constrain him by force.