Shloka 1
Śiśupāla-janma-lakṣaṇaṃ (Śiśupāla’s birth marks and the prophecy of his end)
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत सभापव॑के अन्तर्गत अर्घाभिद्दरणपर्वमें रुजाओंकी मन्त्रणाविषयक उनन््तालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ ॥/ ३९ ॥। ऑपन-माज बक। डे (शिशुपालवधपर्व) चत्वारिशो< ध्याय: युधिष्ठिरकी चिन्ता और भीष्मजीका उन्हें सान्त्वना देना वैशम्पायन उवाच तत: सागरसंकाशं दृष्टवा नृपतिमण्डलम् । संवर्तवाताभिह्ठतं भीम॑ क्षुब्धमिवार्णवम्
vaiśampāyana uvāca | tataḥ sāgara-saṅkāśaṃ dṛṣṭvā nṛpati-maṇḍalam | saṃvarta-vātābhihataṃ bhīmaṃ kṣubdham ivārṇavam |
Vaiśampāyana disse: Então, ao ver o círculo de reis—como um vasto oceano, terrível e revolto, como se golpeado pelos ventos ciclónicos da dissolução—Yudhiṣṭhira percebeu a assembleia agitada por ira e inquietação. Naquele momento carregado, voltou-se para o sábio ancião Bhīṣma, buscando conselho sobre como sustentar o dharma em meio à tempestade crescente das paixões régias.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
When collective anger rises in a political assembly, a ruler committed to dharma should seek guidance from the wise and restrain escalation; ethical governance begins with discernment and counsel rather than impulsive reaction.
The narrator describes the kings’ assembly as vast and violently agitated like an ocean in a cosmic storm; sensing the dangerous mood, Yudhiṣṭhira turns toward the elder Bhīṣma to ask how to proceed.