Shloka 126

Devanagari script

उपस्थितं वृद्धमन्धं पितरं पश्य भारत । तात! दुर्योधनने जो कठोर बर्ताव किया है

Transliteration

upasthitaṁ vṛddham andhaṁ pitaraṁ paśya bhārata | tāta! duryodhanena yo kaṭhora-vyavahāraḥ kṛtaḥ, taṁ tvaṁ hṛdaye mā kṛthāḥ | bhārata! tvaṁ tu uttama-guṇa-grahaṇecchayā svāṁ mātaraṁ gāndhārīṁ tathā iha niṣaṇṇaṁ mama andha-vṛddhaṁ tātaṁ paśya ||

Translation

「見よ、バーラタよ。汝の前に立つ、老いて盲いた父を。わが子よ、ドゥルヨーダナが示した苛酷な仕打ちを、心に刻み込むな。バーラタよ、すぐれた徳を身に受けんと願うなら、母ガーンダーリーと、ここに座すこの盲目の老いた叔父たる我とを見よ。」

Word by Word

• उपस्थितम्: present; standing near
• उपस्थितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपस्थित (उप-स्था, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वृद्धम्: old
• वृद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अन्धम्: blind
• अन्धम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पितरम्: father
• पितरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पश्य: see; look at
• पश्य: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata (descendant of Bharata)
• भारत: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Duryodhana
• Gāndhārī
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Bhārata (addressee/lineage epithet)
• blind aged uncle (tāu; likely Vidura or a senior Kuru elder as per Hindi gloss)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Do not internalize insult or harsh treatment; instead, cultivate noble qualities by taking virtuous elders as one’s model. The verse emphasizes restraint, forgiveness, and ethical self-formation even amid provocation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira addresses a Kuru kinsman (Bhārata), urging him not to brood over Duryodhana’s harsh conduct. He points to the presence of the blind, aged father and invokes the example of Gāndhārī and the seated elder uncle to encourage dignified, virtue-oriented behavior within the tense court setting.