Shloka 51
उद्योगपर्व (अध्याय १२९) — केशवस्य वैभवप्रदर्शनम् / Krishna’s Theophanic Display in the Kuru Assembly
इन्होंने एकार्णवके जलमें सोते समय मधु और कैटभ नामक दैत्योंको मारा था और दूसरा शरीर धारण करके हयग्रीव नामक राक्षसका भी इन्होंने ही वध किया था ।।
ete ekārṇavake jale śayānasamaye madhu-kaiṭabha-nāmānau daityau jaghnur, dvitīyaṃ ca śarīraṃ dhṛtvā hayagrīva-nāmānaṃ rākṣasaṃ caiva jaghnur. ayaṃ kartā na kriyate kāraṇaṃ cāpi pauruṣe; yad yad icched ayaṃ śauris tat tat kuryād ayatnataḥ.
Vidura déclare que ce Seigneur même—qui jadis, reposant sur les eaux de l’océan cosmique, tua les daityas Madhu et Kaiṭabha, et qui ensuite, prenant une autre forme, abattit aussi le rākṣasa nommé Hayagrīva—est l’agent véritable derrière toute action. Nul autre artisan ne se tient au-dessus de Lui; Il est aussi la cause intérieure qui rend efficace l’effort humain. Tout ce que Śauri (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) veut, Il peut l’accomplir sans peine.
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vidura teaches that ultimate agency belongs to Śrī Kṛṣṇa: human effort functions only because He is the underlying cause, and whatever He wills can be achieved without strain. The lesson promotes humility and alignment of one’s actions with dharma rather than ego-driven confidence in mere personal power.
In Udyoga Parva’s counsel-filled setting, Vidura praises Kṛṣṇa’s supreme power by recalling mythic feats—slaying Madhu and Kaiṭabha on the cosmic waters and killing Hayagrīva in another embodiment—then concludes that Kṛṣṇa is the true doer and the enabling cause behind all human endeavor.