Shloka 27

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

Devanagari script

त॑ ममाचक्ष्व वा्ष्णेय कथमद्य वृकोदर: । आस्ते परिघबाहु: स मध्यम: पाण्डवो बली

Transliteration

taṁ mamācakṣva vārṣṇeya katham adya vṛkodaraḥ | āste parighabāhuḥ sa madhyamaḥ pāṇḍavo balī ||

Translation

ໄວສຳປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ວາຣະສ໌ເນຍ (ກຣິດສະນະ), ຈົ່ງບອກຂ້າ—ວຣິໂກດະຣະ ມື້ນີ້ເປັນແນວໃດ? ປານດະວະຜູ້ແຂງແກ່ນ, ນ້ອງກາງ, ຜູ້ມີແຂນດັ່ງຄ້ອນເຫຼັກ, ບັດນີ້ຢູ່ດີຢູ່ງາມຫຼື?»

Word by Word

• तत्: that (news/that matter)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मम: to me / of me
• मम: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• आचक्ष्व: tell; relate
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-चक्ष्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वा: or / indeed (alternative particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• वृष्णेय: O descendant of the Vṛṣṇis (Kṛṣṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्णेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• अद्य: today / now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• वृकोदरः: Vṛkodara (Bhīma; 'wolf-bellied')
• वृकोदरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृकोदर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आस्ते: is / remains / sits
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• परिघबाहुः: having arms like an iron club/bar (mace-like-armed)
• परिघबाहुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परिघबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मध्यमः: the middle (one)
• मध्यमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मध्यम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डवः: the Pāṇḍava (son of Pāṇḍu)
• पाण्डवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बली: strong; mighty
• बली: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vārṣṇeya (Kṛṣṇa)
• Vṛkodara (Bhīma)
• Pāṇḍava (the Pāṇḍu lineage)
• parigha (iron club/bar, as a simile)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the most formidable warrior is evaluated not only by strength but by steadiness and present disposition; the verse foregrounds responsible inquiry and the ethical importance of knowing a champion’s readiness and self-control in a crisis.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war setting, Vaiśampāyana reports a question addressed to Kṛṣṇa (Vārṣṇeya): the speaker asks for news of Bhīma (Vṛkodara), describing him as the powerful middle Pāṇḍava with club-like arms, and inquiring about his current condition.