Shloka 45
उद्योगपर्व (अध्याय १२९) — केशवस्य वैभवप्रदर्शनम् / Krishna’s Theophanic Display in the Kuru Assembly
अनेक युगों तथा असंख्य वर्षोकी आयुवाले नरकासुरको युद्धमें मारकर श्रीकृष्ण उसके यहाँसे सहस्रों राजकन्याओंको (उद्धार करके) ले गये और उन सबके साथ उन्होंने विधिपूर्वक विवाह किया ।।
nirmocane ṣaṭ-sahasrāḥ pāśair baddhā mahāsurāḥ | grahītuṃ nāśakaṃs taṃ tvam prārthayase balāt ||
Wika ni Vidura: “Nang sila’y palayain, anim na libong makapangyarihang asura ang nakagapos sa mga silo, ngunit hindi pa rin nila Siya nadakip. At ikaw ngayon ay nagnanais na dakpin Siya sa dahas!”
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vidura warns against arrogant, force-driven action: if even powerful adversaries, though numerous, could not overpower the one in question, it is both imprudent and unrighteous to attempt to subdue him by coercion. True policy aligns strength with dharma and realistic judgment.
In the Udyoga Parva’s counsel-setting, Vidura addresses the Kuru court’s hostile intent toward Kṛṣṇa. He cites a precedent: many mighty beings, even in great number and despite being bound, failed to seize him—thereby rebuking the present plan to capture or constrain him by force.