Shloka 39
उद्योगपर्व (अध्याय १२९) — केशवस्य वैभवप्रदर्शनम् / Krishna’s Theophanic Display in the Kuru Assembly
दुर्ग्राह्माः पाणिना वायुर्दुःस्पर्श: पाणिना शशी । दुर्धरा पृथिवी मूर्ध्ना दु्ग्राह्मू: केशवो बलात्
durgrahmāḥ pāṇinā vāyur duḥsparśaḥ pāṇinā śaśī | durdharā pṛthivī mūrdhnā durgrahmuḥ keśavo balāt ||
Vaiśampāyana dit : «De même que le vent ne se saisit pas dans la main, que la lune ne se tient pas vraiment par le toucher, et que la terre ne peut être portée sur la tête, de même Keśava (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) ne peut être retenu ni enchaîné par la force.»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Force has limits: some realities—especially the divine will embodied by Keśava—cannot be controlled by coercion. The verse cautions against arrogance and the unethical impulse to dominate what is beyond rightful human power.
In the Udyoga Parva’s tense pre-war diplomacy and maneuvering, the narrator emphasizes that attempting to seize or restrain Kṛṣṇa by strength is as impossible as catching the wind or carrying the earth—highlighting the futility of coercive schemes against him.