Shloka 3
Sabhā-parva Adhyāya 63 — Draupadī’s Contested Status, Vidura’s Warning, and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Boons
दुर्योधनो मदेनैष क्षेमं राष्ट्रादपोहति । विषाणं गौरिव मदात् स्वयमारुजते55त्मन:,जैसे मतवाला बैल मदोन्मत्त होकर स्वयं ही अपने सींगोंको तोड़ लेता है, उसी प्रकार यह दुर्योधन मदान्धताके कारण स्वयं अपने राज्यसे मंगलका बहिष्कार कर रहा है
vidura uvāca | duryodhano madena eṣa kṣemaṁ rāṣṭrād apohati | viṣāṇaṁ gaur iva madāt svayam ārujate 'tmanā ||
Vidura disse: “Este Duryodhana, cegado pela embriaguez do orgulho, está expulsando do reino a prosperidade e a segurança. Como um touro, enlouquecido pelo cio, que por sua própria ação quebra os próprios chifres, assim ele mesmo arruína os meios da sua força.”
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Arrogance and intoxication of power (mada) make a ruler reject kṣema—public welfare and stability—so that destruction arises from within; the strongest instruments of power become self-damaging when guided by pride rather than dharma.
Vidura warns the court that Duryodhana’s pride is actively pushing away the kingdom’s welfare; he illustrates this with a vivid simile: like a rut-maddened bull that breaks its own horns, Duryodhana is undermining his own strength and the state’s good fortune.