Shloka 36
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ५४: दुर्योधनस्य धृतराष्ट्रं प्रति बलप्रशंसन-युक्तः आश्वासनवादः
Duryodhana’s Reassurance and Force-Praise to Dhritarashtra
एकं प्रहारं यं दद्यां भीमाय रुषितो नृप । स एवैनं नयेद् घोर: क्षिप्रं वैवस्वतक्षयम्
ekaṃ prahāraṃ yaṃ dadyāṃ bhīmāya ruṣito nṛpa | sa evainaṃ nayed ghoraḥ kṣipraṃ vaivasvatakṣayam ||
О царь! Если я, охваченный гневом, нанесу Бхиме хотя бы один удар палицей, то этот единственный удар — страшный своей мощью — быстро отправит его в обитель Вайвасваты (Ямы).
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger and ego distort judgment: Duryodhana’s confidence is expressed as a death-threat born of krodha, illustrating the ethical peril of boastful, wrath-driven speech that accelerates conflict rather than restraint and dharma.
In Udyoga Parva’s pre-war negotiations and rising tensions, Duryodhana speaks to a king (nṛpa), declaring that if he strikes Bhīma even once—implicitly with his mace—he could quickly kill him, invoking Yama’s realm (vaivasvata-kṣaya) to emphasize lethal intent.