Shloka 54
Adhyāya 31: Rājasūya-samāgama — The Gathering of Kings and the Ordering of Hospitality
सहदेवं नृणां देवं सान्त्वपूर्वमिदं वच: । उत्तिष्ीत्तिष्ठ कौरव्य जिज्ञासेयं कृता मया । वेझि सर्वमभिप्रायं तव धर्मसुतस्य च
sahadevaṁ nṛṇāṁ devaṁ sāntvapūrvam idaṁ vacaḥ | uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha kauravya jijñāseyaṁ kṛtā mayā | vetsi sarvam abhiprāyaṁ tava dharmasutasya ca ||
اس نے سہ دیو—جو انسانوں میں معزز تھا—کو تسلی دیتے ہوئے کہا: “اے کوروَیہ! اٹھو، اٹھو۔ یہ آزمائش میں نے کی تھی۔ تمہارا اور دھرم سُت یُدھشٹھِر کا پورا ارادہ میں جانتا ہوں۔”
सहदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that ethical judgment depends on understanding intention (abhiprāya). A ‘test’ (jijñāsā) can be a legitimate means to reveal steadfastness in dharma, and correction should be delivered with sāntva—reassurance rather than harshness.
Someone addresses Sahadeva respectfully and urges him to rise, explaining that the situation was a deliberate examination. The speaker claims insight into both Sahadeva’s and Yudhiṣṭhira’s inner purposes, framing the episode as a discerning, consoling intervention rather than a hostile act.