Mahabharata 3.174.14 — Vana Parva, Adhyaya 174, Shloka 14
Kailāsa-darśana, Badarī-vāsa, and Sarasvatī–Dvaitavana Transition (कैलासदर्शन–बदरीवास–सरस्वतीद्वैतवनगमनम्)
त एते मुदिता राजन्नवध्या: सर्वदैवतै: निवसन्त्यत्र राजेन्द्र गतोद्वेगा निरुत्सुका:
ta ete muditā rājann avadhyāḥ sarvadaivataiḥ | nivasanty atra rājendra gatodvegā nirutsukāḥ ||
അർജുനൻ പറഞ്ഞു—രാജാവേ! ഈ ദാനവർ തന്നെയാണ് ഇവിടെ ആനന്ദത്തോടെ വസിക്കുന്നത്. അവർ സർവ ദേവന്മാർക്കും അവധ്യർ; രാജേന്ദ്രാ, അവർ ഇവിടെ ഉത്കണ്ഠയില്ലാതെ, കലക്കമില്ലാതെ ജീവിക്കുന്നു।
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how extraordinary power (being “unslayable even by the gods”) can produce outward calm—freedom from fear and restless desire—yet this calm is ethically ambiguous: fearlessness grounded in boons or brute power is not the same as dharmic serenity grounded in self-restraint and right conduct.
Arjuna identifies certain Dānavas and reports their condition to the king he is addressing: they reside in that place happily, confident because they cannot be killed by the gods, and therefore remain unperturbed and without anxious anticipation.
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