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Shloka 27

Kṛṣṇa at Duryodhana’s House: Refusal of Hospitality and Departure to Vidura (कृष्णस्य धार्तराष्ट्रनिवेशनगमनम्)

Devanagari script

त॑ ममाचक्ष्व वा्ष्णेय कथमद्य वृकोदर: । आस्ते परिघबाहु: स मध्यम: पाण्डवो बली

Transliteration

taṁ mamācakṣva vārṣṇeya katham adya vṛkodaraḥ | āste parighabāhuḥ sa madhyamaḥ pāṇḍavo balī ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dijo: «¡Oh Vārṣṇeya (Kṛṣṇa), dímelo: cómo está hoy Vṛkodara? ¿Cómo se halla ahora ese poderoso Pāṇḍava, el hermano del medio, cuyos brazos son como mazas de hierro?»

Word by Word

तत्that (news/that matter)

ममto me / of me

आचक्ष्वtell; relate

वाor / indeed (alternative particle)

वृष्णेयO descendant of the Vṛṣṇis (Kṛṣṇa)

कथम्how?

अद्यtoday / now

वृकोदरःVṛkodara (Bhīma; 'wolf-bellied')

आस्तेis / remains / sits

परिघबाहुःhaving arms like an iron club/bar (mace-like-armed)

सःhe

मध्यमःthe middle (one)

पाण्डवःthe Pāṇḍava (son of Pāṇḍu)

बलीstrong; mighty

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vārṣṇeya (Kṛṣṇa)

Vṛkodara (Bhīma)

Pāṇḍava (the Pāṇḍu lineage)

parigha (iron club/bar, as a simile)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the most formidable warrior is evaluated not only by strength but by steadiness and present disposition; the verse foregrounds responsible inquiry and the ethical importance of knowing a champion’s readiness and self-control in a crisis.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war setting, Vaiśampāyana reports a question addressed to Kṛṣṇa (Vārṣṇeya): the speaker asks for news of Bhīma (Vṛkodara), describing him as the powerful middle Pāṇḍava with club-like arms, and inquiring about his current condition.