Shloka 41

उद्योगपर्व (अध्याय १२९) — केशवस्य वैभवप्रदर्शनम् / Krishna’s Theophanic Display in the Kuru Assembly

Devanagari script

धृतराष्ट्रके ऐसा कहनेपर विदुरने भी अमर्षमें भरे हुए धृतराष्ट्रपुत्र दुर्योधनके पास जाकर इस प्रकार कहा ।।

Transliteration

vidura uvāca | duryodhana nibodhedaṁ vacana mama sāmpratam | saubhadvāre dānavendro dvivido nāma nāmataḥ | śilāvarṣeṇa mahatā chādayāmāsa keśavam ||

Translation

Vidura dit : «Duryodhana, prête maintenant attention à mes paroles. À Saubhadvāra vivait un puissant seigneur parmi les Dānavas, nommé Dvivida. Un jour, en lançant une grande pluie de pierres, il recouvrit Keśava (Kṛṣṇa).»

Word by Word

• विदुरः: Vidura
• विदुरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदुर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दुर्योधन: O Duryodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• निबोध: understand/heed
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध्
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वचनम्: speech/statement
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मम: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• साम्प्रतम्: now/at present
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साम्प्रतम्

• सौभद्वारे: at/in Saubha-dvāra (a place/gate named Saubha)
• सौभद्वारे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभद्वार
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानवेन्द्रः: lord of the Dānavas (demon-chief)
• दानवेन्द्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानवेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्विविदः: Dvivida (proper name)
• द्विविदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विविद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: by name
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• नामतः: as to name / in name
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामतः

• शिलावर्षेण: with a shower of stones
• शिलावर्षेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिलावर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• महता: great/huge
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• छादयामास: covered/veiled
• Type: Verb
• Root: छद्
• Form: Periphrastic Perfect (liṭ, āma-prayoga), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• केशवम्: Keshava (Krishna)
• केशवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• Duryodhana
• Saubhadvāra
• Dvivida
• Dānava(s)
• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• śilā (stones)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Vidura warns against arrogant aggression: even great power becomes futile when directed against dharma and the divinely protected; hostility born of pride rebounds upon the aggressor.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vidura approaches Duryodhana and begins a cautionary tale, recalling how Dvivida at Saubhadvāra once tried to overwhelm Kṛṣṇa (Keśava) with a massive barrage of stones—setting up a moral warning for Duryodhana’s own course.