Shloka 49
उद्योगपर्व (अध्याय १२९) — केशवस्य वैभवप्रदर्शनम् / Krishna’s Theophanic Display in the Kuru Assembly
वरुणो निर्जितो राजा पावकश्नामितौजसा । पारिजातं च हरता जित: साक्षाच्छचीपति:
varuṇo nirjito rājā pāvakaś cāmitaujasaḥ | pārijātaṃ ca haratā jitaḥ sākṣāc chacīpatiḥ ||
ヴィドゥラは、シュリー・クリシュナの確かな至上性を、名高い業績によって示す。すなわち、王ヴァルナを打ち破り、無量の威力をもつ火神アグニをも鎮め、さらに天界のパーリジャータ樹を携え去る折には、シャチーの主インドラさえも退けたのである。この言葉の道義的な力は、俱盧の宮廷に告げる警鐘だ。かかるダルマの守護者に刃向かうことは、ただ不利な策であるのみならず、道としても誤っている。クリシュナの力は正しき目的に結びつき、すでに神々の敵対者すら凌駕してきたのだから。
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vidura underscores that moral and political judgment must account for true strength joined to dharma: Kṛṣṇa is not an ordinary ally but one whose righteous purpose and proven might have overcome even divine powers, so choosing hostility toward him is both unethical and self-destructive.
In the Udyoga Parva’s counsel-setting, Vidura argues against the Kauravas’ obstinacy by citing Kṛṣṇa’s famed exploits—subduing Varuṇa, Agni, and even Indra during the Pārijāta episode—to warn that confronting the Pāṇḍavas supported by Kṛṣṇa invites inevitable ruin.