Shloka 48
Śalya–Yudhiṣṭhira Duel and the Discharge of the Śakti (शल्यवधप्रसङ्गः)
तत्राश्चर्यमपश्याम कुन्तीपुत्रे युथिष्ठिरे । पुरा भूत्वा मृदुर्दान्तो यत् तदा दारुणो5भवत्
tatrāścaryam apaśyāma kuntīputre yudhiṣṭhire | purā bhūtvā mṛdur dānto yat tadā dāruṇo 'bhavat ||
その場で我らは、クンティーの子ユディシュティラに驚くべき変化を見た。もとより柔和で自制に長けた者であったのに、その時は苛烈にして峻厳となったのである。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even a naturally gentle and disciplined person may need to adopt severity when dharma and responsibility demand it; ethical firmness in crisis can look like harshness, yet it can arise from duty rather than cruelty.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that, amid the events of the Shalya Parva, he observed a striking change in Yudhiṣṭhira: the usually mild, self-controlled king appeared stern and formidable in that moment of the war.