Shloka 11
Jarāsandha–Vāsudeva Saṃvāda: Kṣātra-Dharma, Pride, and the Ethics of Coercion
Sabhā Parva, Adhyāya 20
निहतश्न जरासंधो मोक्षिताश्न महीक्षित: | राजसूयश्न मे लब्धो निदेशे तव तिकछत:ः,आपकी आज्ञाके अनुसार चलनेमात्रसे मैं यह मानता हूँ कि जरासंध मारा गया। समस्त राजा उसकी कैदसे छुटकारा पा गये और मेरा राजसूययज्ञ भी पूरा हो गया
nihataś ca jarāsandho mokṣitāś ca mahīkṣitaḥ | rājasūyaś ca me labdho nideśe tava tiṣṭhataḥ ||
ユディシュティラは言った。「ただあなたのご指示に従った、それだけで私はこう見なす。ジャラーサンダは討たれ、諸王はその幽閉から解き放たれ、我がラージャスーヤ祭も成就したのだと。この成功を我が力に帰するのではない。賢き勧めに従い、あなたが授けたダルマの導きに服した、その果としてこそ受け取る。」
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights humility and ethical leadership: Yudhiṣṭhira credits success to following righteous counsel rather than personal pride, implying that dharmic guidance and disciplined obedience can yield both political victory and moral legitimacy.
After Jarāsandha’s defeat and the freeing of kings he had imprisoned, Yudhiṣṭhira acknowledges that these outcomes—and the securing of his Rājasūya—were accomplished by adhering to the instruction of the one he addresses (contextually, Kṛṣṇa’s guidance).