Shloka 15

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय १२५: दुर्योधनस्य प्रत्युत्तरम्

Duryodhana’s Reply in the Kuru Assembly

Devanagari script

“तथा तुम्हें पास बिठाकर रत्न एवं ओषधियोंसे युक्त लाल हथेलीवाले हाथसे तुम्हारी पीठको धीरे-धीरे सहलायें ।।

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | śālaskandho mahābāhus tvāṃ svajano vṛkodaraḥ | sāmnābhivadatāṃ cāpi śāntaye bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ເຊັ່ນນັ້ນ ໃຫ້ເຂົານັ່ງໃກ້ທ່ານ ແລ້ວໃຊ້ຝາມືແດງທີ່ມີແກ້ວມະນີ ແລະ ສົມຸນໄພ ຄ່ອຍໆລູບຫຼັງຂອງທ່ານ. ແລະ ພີມະເສນ—ບ່າກວ້າງດັ່ງລໍາຕົ້ນສາລະ, ແຂນໃຫຍ່ກ້າແຂງ, ເປັນຍາດຂອງທ່ານ ຜູ້ມີນາມວ່າ ວຶກໂກດະຣະ—ຈະເພື່ອສັນຕິພາບ ກອດທ່ານໄວ້ແນບອົກ ແລະ ເວົ້າຖ້ອຍຄໍາອ່ອນໂຍນເພື່ອປະນີປະນອມ, ໂອ ຜູ້ເປັນດັ່ງງົວຜູ້ໃນວົງພາຣະຕະ!»

Word by Word

• शालस्कन्धः: having shoulders like a śāla-tree trunk
• शालस्कन्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाल-स्कन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाबाहुः: mighty-armed
• महाबाहुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• स्वजनः: one’s own kinsman
• स्वजनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वजन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वृकोदरः: Vṛkodara (Bhīma)
• वृकोदरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृकोदर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• साम्ना: with conciliatory words / with a sāman (soothing speech)
• साम्ना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अभिवदताम्: let them address / speak to (you)
• अभिवदताम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√वद्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada, Imperative

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also / even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• शान्तये: for peace / for pacification
• शान्तये: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Dative, Singular

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīmasena (Vṛkodara)
• Śāla tree (as simile)
• Bharata lineage (Bharatarṣabha as address)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the strongest warrior is urged to adopt gentleness and conciliatory speech when the goal is śānti (peace). Strength is framed as serving dharma through restraint and reconciliation, not merely through force.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes how Bhīma—despite his formidable build and reputation—will speak soothingly to the addressed person as part of efforts to secure peace and avert escalation toward war.