Shloka 46

अध्याय ७५ — दैव-पुरुषकार-समन्वयः

Reconciling Contingency and Human Effort

Devanagari script

ब्रूयादप्रतिरूपाणि यथा मां वक्तुमहसि । माधव! मुझ भीमसेनको अच्छी तरह जाननेवाला कोई भी मनुष्य मेरे प्रति ऐसे अयोग्य वचन, जैसे आप कह रहे हैं, कैसे कह सकता है?

Transliteration

brūyād apratirūpāṇi yathā māṃ vaktum arhasi | mādhava! māṃ bhīmasenaṃ suparijñāya kaścid api manuṣyaḥ mama prati tādṛśāny anucitāni vacanāni yathā tvaṃ bravīṣi kathaṃ brūyāt? |

Translation

ภีมเสนกล่าวว่า “โอ้ มาธวะ! ผู้ใดรู้จักข้าอย่างแท้จริง จะกล่าวถ้อยคำอันไม่สมควรต่อข้าได้อย่างไร ดังที่ท่านกำลังกล่าวอยู่? ผู้เข้าใจสันดานของข้าย่อมไม่เอ่ยวาจาที่บั่นทอนคุณค่าและความมุ่งมั่นของข้า”

Word by Word

ब्रूयात्should say / would say

अप्रतिरूपाणिunseemly / improper

यथाas / in the manner that

माम्me

वक्तुम्to speak (to say)

अर्हसिyou are fit / you ought

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)

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 highlights the ethics of speech and honor: words should be fitting to the person addressed and grounded in true understanding. Bhīma implies that knowing someone’s character entails speaking in a manner that respects their dignity and role, especially in a tense moral-political crisis.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war negotiations and counsel, Bhīmasena responds sharply to Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa), objecting that Kṛṣṇa’s remarks sound unworthy or disparaging toward him. The exchange reflects Bhīma’s intense temperament and the strain between restraint/diplomacy and the urge for decisive action.