Shloka 22
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय १३५: कुन्त्याः कृष्णं प्रति संदेशः
Kuntī’s Message to Kṛṣṇa
नियन्तारमसाधूनां गोप्तारं धर्मचारिणाम् | ईदृशं क्षत्रिया सूते वीर॑ सत्यपराक्रमम्
niyantāram asādhūnāṁ goptāraṁ dharmacāriṇām | īdṛśaṁ kṣatriyā sūte vīra satyaparākramam ||
हे सूत! क्षत्रिय ऐसे ही वीर को जन्म देते हैं—जो दुष्टों को संयम में रखे और धर्म का आचरण करने वालों की रक्षा करे; जिसका पराक्रम सत्य में प्रतिष्ठित हो।
पुत्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
A true Kṣatriya-hero is defined ethically: he restrains the unrighteous and safeguards those devoted to dharma, and his valor is inseparable from truth.
The speaker (identified as ‘the son’) praises an ideal warrior in a direct address to a charioteer, framing heroic excellence as moral governance—checking wrongdoing and protecting the dharmic.