Shloka 34

धृतराष्ट्र-संजय संवादः — उपप्लव्यगमनाज्ञा

Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Saṃjaya Dialogue: Command to Proceed to Upaplavya

Devanagari script

दुर्योधनेन निकृतो मनस्वी नो चेत्‌ क्रुद्ध: प्रदहेद्‌ धार्तराष्ट्रान्‌ू । नाहं तथा हार्जुनाद्‌ वासुदेवाद्‌ भीमाद्‌ वाहं यमयोर्वा बिभेमि,मुझे तो अर्जुन इन्द्रके समान प्रतीत होते हैं और वृष्णिवीर श्रीकृष्ण सनातन विष्णु जान पड़ते हैं। कुन्तीनन्दन पाण्डुपुत्र युधिष्ठिर धर्माचरणमें ही सुख मानते हैं। वे लज्जाशील और बलशाली हैं। उनके मनमें किसीके प्रति कभी शत्रुभाव नहीं पैदा हुआ है। नहीं तो वे मनस्वी युधिष्ठिर दुर्योधनके द्वारा छल-कपटके शिकार होनेपर क्रोध करके मेरे सभी पुत्रोंको जलाकर भस्म कर देते। संजय! मैं अर्जुन, भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्ण, भीमसेन तथा नकुल-सहदेवसे भी उतना नहीं डरता, जितना कि क्रोधसे तमतमाये हुए राजा युधिष्ठिरके कोपसे। उनके रोषसे मैं सदा ही अत्यन्त भयभीत रहता हूँ; क्योंकि वे महान्‌ तपस्वी और ब्रह्मचर्यसे सम्पन्न हैं, इसलिये उनके मनमें जो संकल्प होगा, वह सिद्ध होकर ही रहेगा

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | duryodhanena nikṛto manasvī no cet kruddhaḥ pradhed dhārtarāṣṭrān | nāhaṃ tathā hārjunād vāsudevād bhīmād vāhaṃ yamayor vā bibhemi |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “If the high-minded Yudhiṣṭhira, having been deceived by Duryodhana, were to become truly enraged, he could burn the Dhārtarāṣṭras to ashes. I do not fear Arjuna, nor Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa), nor Bhīma, nor even the twin sons, as much as I fear the wrath of Yudhiṣṭhira. His anger is dreaded because it is grounded in ascetic power and unwavering self-restraint; when such a man forms a resolve, it is bound to come to fruition.”

Word by Word

दुर्योधनेनby Duryodhana

निकृतःdeceived/cheated

मनस्वीhigh-minded, resolute

नःof us / our

चेत्if

क्रुद्धःangered

प्रदहेत्would burn up

धार्तराष्ट्रान्the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra / the Kauravas

नnot

अहम्I

तथाthus, in that way

अर्जुनात्from Arjuna (i.e., of Arjuna)

वासुदेवात्from Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

भीमात्from Bhīma

वाor

अहम्I

यमयोःof the two sons of Yama (Nakula and Sahadeva)

वाor

बिभेमिI fear

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Duryodhana

Yudhiṣṭhira

Dhārtarāṣṭras (Kauravas)

Arjuna

Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

Bhīma

Nakula

Sahadeva

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Moral authority and self-restraint can make a person’s resolve more formidable than sheer physical might. Yudhiṣṭhira’s power is portrayed as arising from dharma and tapas; therefore, if he were to abandon restraint and become righteously angry, his determination would be unstoppable.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker emphasizes that although warriors like Arjuna and Bhīma and even Kṛṣṇa are fearsome, the greatest fear is Yudhiṣṭhira’s potential wrath—especially after being deceived by Duryodhana—because a dharmic ascetic’s anger and resolve are believed to inevitably succeed.