Shloka 6
Adhyāya 2: Nārada’s Disclosure—Karṇa’s Training and the Brahmin’s Curse (Śānti-parva)
स बल॑ भीमसेनस्य फाल्गुनस्यथ च लाघवम् | बुद्धि च तव राजेन्द्र यमयोर्विनयं तदा,राजेन्द्र! वह भीमसेनका बल, अर्जुनकी फुर्ती, आपकी बुद्धि, नकुल और सहदेवकी विनय, गाण्डीवधारी अर्जुनकी श्रीकृष्णके साथ बचपनमें ही मित्रता तथा पाण्डवोंपर प्रजाका अनुराग देखकर चिन्तामग्न हो जलता रहता था
sa balaṃ bhīmasenasya phālgunasya tha ca lāghavam | buddhiṃ ca tava rājendra yamayor vinayaṃ tadā ||
Dijo Nārada: Por dentro ardía con una envidia ansiosa al ver la fuerza de Bhīmasena, la rapidez de Phalguna (Arjuna), tu propia inteligencia perspicaz, y la humildad y conducta disciplinada de los gemelos Nakula y Sahadeva. Al contemplar estas excelencias—junto con el afecto del pueblo por los Pāṇḍava—no pudo soportar el creciente vigor moral y social de ellos.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how visible virtues—strength, skill, intelligence, and humility—create legitimate authority and public goodwill, yet also provoke envy in those attached to power. Ethically, it warns that jealousy arises when one measures oneself against others’ excellence instead of cultivating one’s own dharma.
Narada describes a person (implicitly a rival) becoming distressed and inwardly burning upon observing the Pandavas’ outstanding qualities—Bhima’s power, Arjuna’s agility, the king’s intelligence, and the twins’ humility—along with the people’s affection for them.