Shloka 84
एवमाचर कौन्तेय धर्मराजे युधिष्ठिरे । अधर्मयुक्तं संयोगं कुरुष्वैनं कुरूद्गह,कुन्तीनन्दन! तुम धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरके प्रति ऐसा ही बर्ताव करो। कुरुश्रेष्ठ) उनके लिये इस समय अधर्मयुक्त वाक््यका प्रयोग करो
evam ācar kaunteya dharmarāje yudhiṣṭhire | adharmayuktaṃ saṃyogaṃ kuruṣvainaṃ kurūdgvaha, kuntīnandana |
Vāyu nói: “Hỡi con của Kuntī, hãy cư xử như thế đối với Yudhiṣṭhira, vị vua của Dharma. Hỡi bậc ưu tú trong dòng Kuru, niềm vui của Kuntī—trong khoảnh khắc này, hãy dùng lối xưng hô và đối đáp gắn với adharma để chống lại ông.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a tension central to the Mahābhārata: even a righteous hero may be urged, under extreme wartime pressure, to adopt a strategically ‘adharmic’ manner of speech or engagement. It foregrounds the ethical problem of whether ends (victory/survival) can justify means that violate one’s usual dharmic standards.
Vāyudeva addresses Arjuna with honorific epithets and instructs him to deal with Yudhiṣṭhira—normally revered as Dharmarāja—in a way that is explicitly ‘adharma-yukta’ for the present moment, implying a harsh or improper form of engagement meant to serve an urgent tactical purpose within the war context.