Udyoga Parva Adhyaya 73 Shloka 16 - Mahabharata | Marathi | 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

चेदि व मत्स्यांमध्ये सहज, प्रवीरांमध्ये वृषध्वज; चन्द्रवत्सांमध्ये धारण आणि मुकुटांमध्ये विगाहन उत्पन्न झाला.

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.