Shloka 25

Kṛṣṇa at Duryodhana’s House: Refusal of Hospitality and Departure to Vidura (कृष्णस्य धार्तराष्ट्रनिवेशनगमनम्)

Devanagari script

क्रोधं बलममर्ष च यो निधाय परंतप: । जितात्मा पाण्डवोअमर्षी भ्रातुस्तिष्ठति शासने

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | krodhaṁ balam amarṣaṁ ca yo nidhāya paraṁtapaḥ | jitātmā pāṇḍavo 'marṣī bhrātus tiṣṭhati śāsane ||

Translation

ໄວສຳປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ປານດະວະ ຜູ້ເຜົາຜານສັດຕູນັ້ນ ແມ່ນແທ້ວ່າໂດຍນິສັຍບໍ່ອົດທົນ ແລະດຸຮ້າຍ ແຕ່ກໍກັກເກັບຄວາມໂກດ, ກຳລັງ ແລະຄວາມຂຸ່ນເຄືອງໄວ້ໃນຕົນ. ຜູ້ຄວບຄຸມຕົນໄດ້ນັ້ນ ຢືນຢັນຢ່າງໝັ້ນຄົງຢູ່ໃຕ້ຄຳສັ່ງຂອງອ້າຍ»។

Word by Word

• क्रोधम्: anger
• क्रोधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• बलम्: strength
• बलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अमर्षम्: impatience / intolerance (of insult)
• अमर्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर्ष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निधाय: having placed/kept (within)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-धा
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada/Atmanepada-neutral

• परंतपः: foe-tormenter
• परंतपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परंतप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जितात्मा: self-controlled (one whose self is conquered)
• जितात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जितात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डवः: the Pandava
• पाण्डवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अमर्षी: impatient / intolerant (by nature)
• अमर्षी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमर्षिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भ्रातुः: of (his) brother
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तिष्ठति: stands / remains
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Present, Indicative, Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

• शासने: in the command / under the order
• शासने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शासन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīma (Pāṇḍava)
• Yudhiṣṭhira (implied as ‘brother’ whose command is followed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even immense power and righteous fury must be governed by self-mastery; true strength is shown when one restrains anger and acts within dharma, here expressed as disciplined obedience to a rightful leader (the elder brother).

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator characterizes Bhīma: though fierce and easily provoked, he contains his anger and remains under his brother’s command—highlighting the Pāṇḍavas’ internal discipline on the eve of major political and military decisions.