Shloka 73

Devanagari script

विदुरस्य महातेजा दुर्योधनकृतं स्मरन्‌ । परंतु महातेजस्वी भीमसेनके हृदयमें उनके प्रति अमिट क्रोध जमा हुआ था। उन्हें दुर्योधनके अत्याचारोंका स्मरण हो आया, अतः उन्होंने विदुरजीकी बात नहीं स्वीकार की

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: Vidurasya mahātejā Duryodhana-kṛtaṃ smaran; parantu mahātejasvī Bhīmasenasya hṛdaye teṣu prati amitaḥ krodhaḥ sañcitaḥ āsīt. Tasya Duryodhanasya atyācārāṇāṃ smṛtir ājagāma; ataḥ sa Viduravākyaṃ na pratijagrāha.

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Nhớ lại những điều Duryodhana đã gây ra, Vidura—bậc rực rỡ uy quang—cất lời. Nhưng trong lòng Bhīmasena hùng mãnh, một cơn phẫn nộ không sao dập tắt đối với họ đã tích tụ từ lâu. Ký ức về những sự bạo ngược của Duryodhana hiện lên trước mắt, nên chàng không tiếp nhận lời khuyên của Vidura.

Word by Word

विदुरस्यof Vidura

महातेजाःthe very radiant (one)

दुर्योधनकृतम्done by Duryodhana

स्मरन्remembering

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vidura

Duryodhana

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when wise counsel urges restraint, unresolved anger born of remembered injustice can block receptivity. The verse frames an ethical struggle: dharmic advice (Vidura’s) versus the psychological and moral residue of oppression (Bhīma’s enduring wrath), implying that inner purification and self-mastery are necessary for counsel to bear fruit.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Vidura, recalling Duryodhana’s past deeds, speaks with great moral force; however, Bhīma’s heart remains filled with unrelenting anger due to Duryodhana’s cruelties. Because those memories surge up, Bhīma does not accept Vidura’s words.