Shloka 22
Śikhaṇḍinī’s Disclosure, Drupada’s Counsel, and the Petition to Yakṣa Sthūṇākarṇa
Udyoga Parva 192
वासुदेवसमायुक्त रथेनायान्तमाहवे । समागच्छसि राधेय तेनैवमभिमन्यसे । शक्यमेवं च भूयश्न त्वया वक्तुं यथेष्टत:
sañjaya uvāca | vāsudeva-samāyuktaṁ rathenāyāntam āhave | samāgacchasi rādhēya tenaivam abhimanyase | śakyam evaṁ ca bhūyaś ca tvayā vaktuṁ yatheṣṭataḥ |
ਵਾਸੁਦੇਵ ਨਾਲ ਇਕੋ ਰਥ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਹਵਾਨ ਲਈ ਆਉਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਉਸ ਯੋਧੇ ਨਾਲ—ਹੇ ਰਾਧੇਯ—ਜਦ ਤੱਕ ਤੇਰਾ ਸਾਮਣਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੁੰਦਾ, ਤਦ ਤੱਕ ਹੀ ਤੂੰ ਇਹੋ ਜਿਹਾ ਅਭਿਮਾਨ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈਂ; ਅਤੇ ਚਾਹੇਂ ਤਾਂ ਐਸੀਆਂ ਹੋਰ ਵੀ ਬਹੁਤ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਕਹਿ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈਂ।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse critiques premature pride: confidence not tested by direct encounter is mere boasting. Ethically, it warns against speech driven by arrogance and urges humility until one has faced the true measure of an opponent.
In the Udyoga Parva context, Karṇa has made bold claims about destroying the Pāṇḍava forces quickly. The speaker (as reported by Sañjaya) counters that such bravado lasts only until Karṇa actually meets the warrior who comes in one chariot with Kṛṣṇa—i.e., Arjuna with Vāsudeva as charioteer—implying that the real test will silence empty boasts.