Shloka 39
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ८१: कृष्णस्य दूतप्रयाणम्
Udyoga Parva, Chapter 81: Krishna Sets Out as Envoy
“मधुसूदन! मेरे पाँच महापराक्रमी पुत्र भी वीर अभिमन्युको प्रधान बनाकर कौरवोंके साथ संग्राम करेंगे ।। दुःशासनभुजं श्याम॑ संछिन्न॑ पांसुगुण्ठितम् । यद्य॒हं तु न पश्यामि का शान्ति्हदयस्य मे
madhusūdana! mama pañca mahāparākramī putrā api vīrā abhimanyum pradhānaṁ kṛtvā kauravaiḥ saha saṅgrāmaṁ kariṣyanti. duḥśāsana-bhujaṁ śyāmaṁ saṁchinnaṁ pāṁsu-guṇṭhitam; yady ahaṁ tu na paśyāmi kā śāntiḥ hṛdayasya me?
“โอ้มธุสูทนะ! บุตรทั้งห้าผู้ทรงอานุภาพของข้าพเจ้าก็จะออกรบกับเหล่ากุรุ โดยยกวีรบุรุษอภิมันยุไว้เป็นผู้นำหน้า แต่หากข้าพเจ้าไม่เห็นแขนของทุศาสนะ—ดำคล้ำ ถูกตัดขาด และเปรอะฝุ่น—แล้วหัวใจของข้าพเจ้าจะมีสันติได้อย่างไร?”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how unresolved injustice fuels a demand for retribution: inner peace is portrayed as impossible until a grievous wrong (symbolized by Duḥśāsana’s arm) is answered. It also reflects the tension between the ideal of peace and the kṣatriya impulse toward punitive justice when adharma has been committed.
A speaker addresses Kṛṣṇa (Madhusūdana), declaring that his five powerful sons will fight the Kauravas with Abhimanyu as their leader. He then expresses a fierce vow-like sentiment: unless he witnesses Duḥśāsana’s arm severed and dust-covered, his heart will not find peace—evoking the memory of Duḥśāsana’s earlier outrage and the desire for decisive retaliation.