Shloka 30

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 72 — Bhīmasena’s counsel on conciliation and Duryodhana’s disposition

Devanagari script

मध्ये राज्ञामहं तत्र प्रातिपौरुषिकान्‌ गुणान्‌ | तव संकीर्तयिष्यामि ये च तस्य व्यतिक्रमा:,मैं राजसभामें जुटे हुए भूपालोंकी मण्डलीमें आपके सर्वसाधारण गुणोंका वर्णन और दुर्योधनके दोषों तथा अपराधोंका उद्घाटन करूँगा

Transliteration

madhye rājñām ahaṃ tatra prātipauruṣikān guṇān | tava saṃkīrtayiṣyāmi ye ca tasya vyatikramāḥ ||

Translation

“In the midst of the assembled kings there, I shall publicly recount your virtues worthy of praise, and I shall also proclaim his transgressions and offences by which he has overstepped right conduct.”

Word by Word

मध्येin the midst

राज्ञाम्of kings

अहम्I

तत्रthere

प्रातिपौरुषिकान्personal/individual (manly) (i.e., pertaining to one’s own prowess)

गुणान्qualities, virtues

तवof you / your

संकीर्तयिष्यामिI will proclaim, recount

येwhich (those that)

चand

तस्यof him / his

व्यतिक्रमाःtransgressions, violations, offences

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

kings (rājānaḥ)

Duryodhana (implied by context: 'tasya vyatikramāḥ')

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?

Dharma requires that virtue and wrongdoing be named openly in appropriate forums: praising genuine merit while also exposing transgressions, so that moral clarity guides political decision-making.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira declares that, before the gathered kings in the court, he will publicly recount the addressee’s virtues and also reveal the opposing party’s violations—framing the dispute in terms of dharma versus transgression.