Shloka 19

उद्योगपर्व (अध्याय १२९) — केशवस्य वैभवप्रदर्शनम् / Krishna’s Theophanic Display in the Kuru Assembly

Devanagari script

इमं हि पुण्डरीकाक्षमभिभूय प्रसहु च

Transliteration

imaṃ hi puṇḍarīkākṣam abhibhūya prasahu ca

Translation

کیونکہ اس کنول نین والے کو زبردستی مغلوب کر کے—محض قوت کے بل پر—وہ ایسا کرنے چلے ہیں؛ یہاں دھرم کے مطابق سمجھانے کی راہ نہیں، بلکہ جبر کی خواہش نمایاں ہے۔

Word by Word

• इमम्: this (one)
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• पुण्डरीकाक्षम्: the lotus-eyed one
• पुण्डरीकाक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पुण्डरीकाक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभिभूय: having overcome/defeated
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-भू
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Prior action (having ...)

• प्रसह्य: forcibly, by force (having overpowered)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√सह्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Manner/prior action (forcibly)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Puṇḍarīkākṣa (the lotus-eyed one; epithet, context-dependent—often Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral contrast between dharma-based engagement and domination by force: overpowering a noble ‘lotus-eyed’ figure suggests a lapse from ethical restraint into coercion, a recurring warning in the Udyoga Parva’s diplomacy-and-war setting.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana reports that someone subdues the ‘lotus-eyed’ person by force. The line is fragmentary on its own, but it functions as a narrative hinge emphasizing an act of overpowering rather than reconciliation, consistent with the Udyoga Parva’s escalating breakdown of peace efforts.