Shloka 29
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproof and Vow-Logic: On Dice-Deception, Exile Terms, and the Governance of Anger
Adhyāya 35
तथैव बहवो<स्माभी राष्ट्र भ्यो विप्रवासिता:,राजन! इसके सिवा एक बात और है, हमलोगोंने भी बहुत-से राजाओं तथा राजकुमारोंको उनके राज्यसे निकाल दिया है। वे सब आकर राजा धुतराष्ट्रसे मिल गये होंगे, हमने जिनको राज्यसे वंचित किया अथवा निकाला है, वे कदापि हमारे प्रति शान्तभाव नहीं धारण कर सकते
tathaiva bahavo ’smābhī rāṣṭrebhyo vipravāsitāḥ, rājan! etad-vyatiriktaṃ caikaṃ vacaḥ—asmābhir api bahūn rājñaḥ rāja-kumārāṃś ca sva-rājyebhyo nirākṛtāḥ. te sarve samāgatya rājānaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ militaḥ syuḥ. ye ’smābhir rājyād vañcitāḥ prakṣiptā vā, te kadācid api asmāsu śānta-bhāvaṃ dhartuṃ na śaknuvanti.
Bhima said: “In the same way, O King, many have been driven by us into exile from their realms. And besides this, there is another point: we too have expelled many kings and princes from their own kingdoms. All of them may have gone and joined King Dhritarashtra. Those whom we have deprived of their sovereignty or cast out can never truly hold a peaceful disposition toward us.”
भीमसेन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhima highlights the ethical and political consequence of dispossessing others: those deprived of their kingdoms naturally retain resentment and may unite with one’s rivals. Power used to expel others creates enduring hostility that can return as a strategic threat.
Bhima warns that, beyond their current troubles, the Pandavas have also created many enemies by earlier campaigns—kings and princes they expelled. He suggests these dispossessed rulers may have gathered around Dhritarashtra, making the Pandavas’ situation more dangerous.