Shloka 143
Rājagṛhe Magadheśvarasya yuddhāhvānam — Arjunena saṃyamaḥ
The Rājagṛha Challenge and Arjuna’s Restraint
प्रययुस्तांस्तदा राजन्नुग्रसेनो न्यवारयत् | राजन! वहाँ यदुवंशी वीरोंके बालकोंने उस उत्तम अश्वको बलपूर्वक पकड़कर युद्धके लिये उद्योग किया; परंतु महाराज उग्रसेनने उन्हें रोक दिया
prayayus tāṁs tadā rājan ugrasenō nyavārayat |
ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ພຣະຣາຊາ, ໃນຂະນະນັ້ນ ເມື່ອພວກເຂົາກໍາລັງຈະອອກເດີນທາງ ອຸກຣະເສນະ (Ugrasena) ກໍໄດ້ຫ້າມໄວ້. ເພາະລູກຊາຍນ້ອຍໆຂອງວີຣະບຸລຸດວົງຢະດຸ ໄດ້ຈັບມ້າບູຊາອັນປະເສີດນັ້ນດ້ວຍກໍາລັງ ແລະຕຽມຕົວເພື່ອຮົບ; ແຕ່ກະສັດອຸກຣະເສນະໄດ້ຢັບຢັ້ງພວກເຂົາ ບໍ່ໃຫ້ເກີດການປະທະອັນຫຸນຫັນ».
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights royal and ethical restraint: even when young warriors are eager to assert strength, an elder-king must curb impulsive violence, protecting dharma by preventing needless escalation around a sacred rite (the Aśvamedha).
The youths of the Yadu clan forcibly seize the sacrificial horse and ready themselves for combat, but Ugrasena intervenes and stops them as they are about to proceed, averting an immediate outbreak of fighting.