Shloka 23

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 130: Kuntī’s Instruction on Rājadharma and Daṇḍanīti

Devanagari script

ततः स पुरुषव्यात्र: संजहार वपु: स्वकम्‌ | तां दिव्यामद्धुतां चित्रामृद्धिमत्तामरिंदम:

Transliteration

tataḥ sa puruṣavyāghraḥ sañjahāra vapuḥ svakam | tāṃ divyām adbhutāṃ citrām ṛddhimattām arindamaḥ ||

Translation

ついで人中の虎、敵を屈する者は、自ら顕したその姿を引き収め、神々しく驚異に満ち、千変万化の威光の顕現を、ふたたび己が内へと収めた。

Word by Word

• ततः: thereupon; then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereupon')

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• पुरुषव्याघ्रः: tiger among men (best of men)
• पुरुषव्याघ्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषव्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• संजहार: withdrew; drew in; retracted
• Type: Verb
• Root: सं + हृ
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person, singular, Parasmaipada

• वपुः: body; form
• वपुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वपुस्
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• स्वकम्: his own
• स्वकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वक
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• ताम्: that (her/it)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, accusative, singular

• दिव्याम्: divine
• दिव्याम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Feminine, accusative, singular

• अद्भुताम्: marvellous; wondrous
• अद्भुताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत
• Form: Feminine, accusative, singular

• चित्राम्: variegated; wonderful; extraordinary
• चित्राम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्र
• Form: Feminine, accusative, singular

• ऋद्धिमत्ताम्: endowed with prosperity/splendour
• ऋद्धिमत्ताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋद्धिमत्
• Form: Feminine, accusative, singular

• अरिंदमः: crusher of foes
• अरिंदमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरिंदम
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Power aligned with dharma is marked by restraint: even a divine, overwhelming manifestation is not displayed for vanity but revealed and withdrawn according to ethical purpose—guiding, warning, and restoring order without needless intimidation.

What is happening in the narrative?

After revealing an extraordinary, divine display of majesty, Kṛṣṇa—described as the subduer of enemies—collects that manifestation back into himself, returning from the wondrous vision to his ordinary form as the episode moves forward.