Shloka 266

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

Devanagari script

एते चेदेवमिच्छन्ति कृतकार्यो युधिष्ठिर: । “आपके पुत्र पाण्डवोंका धन लेनेके लिये लुभाये हुए हैं, परंतु इन्हें अपने धनसे भी हाथ धोना पड़ेगा। यदि ये ऐसा ही चाहते हैं, तब तो युधिष्ठिरका काम बन गया

Transliteration

ete ced evam icchanti kṛtakāryo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana nói: “Nếu họ thực sự muốn như thế, thì mục đích của Yudhiṣṭhira đã thành.” Trong mạch chuyện, lời ấy nêu lên một nghịch lý vừa đạo lý vừa chiến lược: kẻ vì tham mà toan chiếm của cải của nhà Pāṇḍava có thể rốt cuộc đánh mất cả những gì mình đang có; và chính lựa chọn của họ lại mở đường cho mục tiêu chính đáng của Yudhiṣṭhira.

Word by Word

एतेthese (men)

चेत्if

एवम्thus, in this way

इच्छन्तिthey desire, they wish

कृतकार्यःone whose purpose is accomplished

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Desire driven by greed can become self-defeating: when opponents insist on an unjust course, they may undermine their own security and inadvertently enable the righteous party’s objective. The line underscores how adharma carries the seed of its own loss.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Udyoga Parva’s tense pre-war negotiations and counsels, Vaiśaṃpāyana comments that if the other side persists in its chosen stance, then Yudhiṣṭhira’s intended end is effectively achieved—because their very insistence sets in motion consequences favorable to him.