Shloka 8
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 64: Arjuna’s Instruction to Sanjaya
Message to the Kuru Assembly
यः पुनः प्रतिमानेन त्रील्लॉकानतिरिच्यते । त॑ कृष्णं पुण्डरीकाक्षं को नु युद्धयेत बुद्धिमान्,जो तुलनामें तीनों लोकोंसे भी बढ़कर हैं, उन कमलनयन भगवान् श्रीकृष्णके साथ कौन समझदार मनुष्य युद्ध करेगा?
yaḥ punaḥ pratimānena trīl lokān atiricyate | taṁ kṛṣṇaṁ puṇḍarīkākṣaṁ ko nu yuddhayet buddhimān |
തുലനയിൽ ത്രിലോകങ്ങളെയും അതിക്രമിക്കുന്ന, പുണ്ഡരീകാക്ഷനായ ശ്രീകൃഷ്ണനോട് ഏതു ബുദ്ധിമാനും യുദ്ധം ചെയ്യും?
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wisdom recognizes rightful power and moral reality: to oppose Krishna—portrayed as surpassing the three worlds—is to choose adharma and self-destruction. The verse urges restraint, discernment, and alignment with dharma rather than prideful confrontation.
In Udyoga Parva, as war becomes imminent, Vidura offers hard counsel to the Kuru side. Here he underscores the futility and wrongness of fighting Krishna, warning that any intelligent person would avoid such a conflict and instead seek peace and righteous settlement.