Mahabharata 11.12.23 — Stree Parva, Adhyaya 12, Shloka 23
धृतराष्ट्रस्य उपालम्भः तथा पाण्डव-समाश्वासनम् | Dhṛtarāṣṭra Reproved and the Pāṇḍavas Consoled
उन्हें भीमसेनके वधकी आशंकासे पीड़ित और क्रोध-शून्य हुआ जान पुरुषोत्तम श्रीकृष्णने इस प्रकार कहा-- ।।
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
mā śuco dhṛtarāṣṭra tvaṃ naiṣa bhīmas tvayā hataḥ |
āyasī pratimā hy eṣā tvayā niṣpātitā vibho ||
وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا— “اے دُھرتراشٹر مہاراج، غم نہ کرو۔ یہ بھیم تمہارے ہاتھ سے مارا نہیں گیا۔ اے زورآور، تم نے تو صرف لوہے کی ایک مورت کو چکناچور کیا ہے۔”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
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Even in overwhelming grief, one must restrain anger and avoid harmful action; Kṛṣṇa’s reassurance prevents further moral collapse, while also highlighting that violent impulses—though sometimes diverted—remain ethically perilous.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra, fearing he has killed Bhīma in a fit of rage, is told that the object he crushed was only an iron effigy; Kṛṣṇa (as narrated by Vaiśampāyana) calms him and reveals the protective substitution.
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