Udyoga Parva Adhyaya 73 Shloka 16 - Mahabharata | Lao | Vedapath

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Shloka 16

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 73 — Kr̥ṣṇa’s Appraisal of Bhīma’s Altered Temper and Reaffirmation of Martial Resolve

Devanagari script

सहजकश्नेदिमत्स्यानां प्रवीराणां वृषध्वज: । धारणभश्रन्द्रवत्सानां मुकुटानां विगाहन:

Transliteration

sahajakāś cedi-matsyānāṁ pravīrāṇāṁ vṛṣadhvajaḥ | dhāraṇo bhāśrāndravatsānāṁ mukuṭānāṁ vigāhanaḥ ||

Translation

ພີມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ໃນແດນເຈດີ ແລະ ມັດສະຍະ ມີ ສະຫະຈະ ປາກົດ; ໃນວົງປຣະວີຣະ ມີ ວຣິສະດະວະຈະ; ໃນສາຍ (ທີ່ເຂົາເອີ້ນວ່າ) ຈັນດຣະວັດສະ ມີ ທາຣະນະ; ແລະໃນວົງມຸກຸຕະ ມີ ວິກາຫະນ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ເມື່ອທຳມະຖືກກັບຄືນ ແລະລະບຽບໂລກຖືກສັ່ນຄອນ, ພະລັງອັນດຸຮ້າຍ ແລະນຳພາຄວາມພິນາດກໍລຸກໂຊດຂຶ້ນ; ເຊັ່ນດຽວກັນ ເມື່ອຍຸກໃກ້ສິ້ນສຸດ ກະສັດຕຣິຍະຜູ້ຕົກຕ່ຳກໍປາກົດໃນຕະກູນຫຼາຍສາຍ—ນຳມາບໍ່ແມ່ນການປົກປ້ອງ ແຕ່ເປັນຄວາມຂັດແຍ່ງ ແລະການລົ້ມສະລາຍທາງສິນທຳ.»

Word by Word

सहजSahaja (a proper name)

कश्नKaśna (proper name; reading uncertain)

चेदिCedi (proper name/people or country)

मत्स्यानाम्of the Matsyas

प्रवीराणाम्of the Pravīras

वृषध्वजःVṛṣadhvaja (one whose banner is a bull; proper name)

धारणDhāraṇa (proper name)

भश्रन्द्रवत्सानाम्of the Candravatsas (reading uncertain due to corruption)

मुकुटानाम्of the Mukuṭas (a clan/lineage; lit. 'crowns')

विगाहनःVigāhana (proper name)

Speaker

भीम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīma

Cedi

Matsya

Sahaja

Pravīra (clan)

Vṛṣadhvaja

Dhāraṇa

Cāndravatsa (clan; as read in the provided text)

Mukuṭa (clan)

Vigāhana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames ethical decay as a social and political phenomenon: when dharma is disrupted, rulers who should protect society instead become sources of conflict. Genealogical listing is used to mark the spread of such ‘age-ending’ degeneration across many lineages.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīma is speaking within the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war context, invoking examples of notorious or ruinous kṣatriyas said to arise in different clans during times of upheaval, thereby warning of widespread disorder and the consequences of adharma.