Shloka 127
यस्य बाहुबलं सर्वे पाण्डवा: समुपासते । अर्जुनं तमपाहाय नकुलं जीवमिच्छसि,जिसके बाहुबलका सभी पाण्डवोंको पूरा भरोसा है, उस अर्जुनको भी छोड़कर तुम्हें नकुलको जिला देनेकी इच्छा क्यों है?
yasya bāhubalaṃ sarve pāṇḍavāḥ samupāsate | arjunaṃ tam apāhāya nakulaṃ jīvam icchasi |
Le Yaksha dit : «Tous les Pāṇḍava s’en remettent à la force des bras d’Arjuna. Le laissant de côté, pourquoi veux-tu rendre la vie à Nakula ?»
यक्ष उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames an ethical test: will one choose based on utility and power (Arjuna’s famed prowess) or based on fairness, duty, and impartial regard among family members. It pushes the listener to justify choices by dharma rather than expediency.
In the Yakṣa episode, the Yakṣa questions Yudhiṣṭhira after the Pāṇḍavas have fallen. Here the Yakṣa challenges the logic of reviving Nakula instead of Arjuna, whose strength is central to the brothers’ survival, forcing a dharmic explanation.