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Shloka 66

अध्याय ७५ — दैव-पुरुषकार-समन्वयः

Reconciling Contingency and Human Effort

अतिवादापविद्धस्तु वक्ष्यामि बलमात्मन: । यद्यपि स्वयं अपनी प्रशंसा करना सर्वथा नीच पुरुषोंका ही कार्य है

ativādāpaviddhas tu vakṣyāmi balam ātmanaḥ |

بھیم سین نے کہا: تمہاری حد سے بڑھی ہوئی اور توہین آمیز باتوں نے مجھے زخمی کیا ہے، اس لیے اب میں اپنی قوت کا بیان کروں گا۔ اگرچہ اپنی تعریف کرنا عموماً کمینوں کا شیوہ سمجھا جاتا ہے، مگر میرے شرف کے خلاف تمہارے کلمات نے مجھے رنج پہنچایا؛ اسی اہانت کے باعث مجبور ہو کر میں اپنی طاقت ظاہر کرتا ہوں۔

अतिवादby excessive/overbearing speech (taunt)
अतिवाद:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअतिवाद
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
अपविद्धःstruck/afflicted
अपविद्धः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअपविद्ध (अप + √व्यध्/√विध्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
वक्ष्यामिI shall speak/tell
वक्ष्यामि:
TypeVerb
Root√वच्
FormSimple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada
बलम्strength
बलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आत्मनःof myself
आत्मनः:
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular

भीमसेन उवाच

B
Bhīmasena

Educational Q&A

Speech has ethical weight: excessive or insulting words can provoke even the disciplined into self-assertion. Bhīma acknowledges that self-praise is normally blameworthy, yet frames his response as compelled by an attack on honor—highlighting the tension between humility and the duty to defend one’s dignity.

In the pre-war negotiations and confrontations of the Udyoga Parva, Bhīma responds to a verbal affront. Feeling dishonored by the other party’s harsh or overbearing words, he announces that he will speak of his own strength, signaling rising hostility and the hardening of positions before the war.