Shloka 11
Jarāsandha–Vāsudeva Saṃvāda: Kṣātra-Dharma, Pride, and the Ethics of Coercion
Sabhā Parva, Adhyāya 20
निहतश्न जरासंधो मोक्षिताश्न महीक्षित: | राजसूयश्न मे लब्धो निदेशे तव तिकछत:ः
nihataś ca jarāsandho mokṣitāś ca mahīkṣitaḥ | rājasūyaś ca me labdho nideśe tava tiṣṭhataḥ ||
尤提士提罗说道：“只因我遵从您的指示，我便认定：阇罗僧陀已被诛灭；诸王已从囚禁中获释；我的罗阇苏耶大祭亦得以成就。我不将此功归于己力，而归于顺从明智之箴言，以及您所赐合乎法（dharma）的引导。”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights humility and ethical leadership: Yudhiṣṭhira credits success to following righteous counsel rather than personal pride, implying that dharmic guidance and disciplined obedience can yield both political victory and moral legitimacy.
After Jarāsandha’s defeat and the freeing of kings he had imprisoned, Yudhiṣṭhira acknowledges that these outcomes—and the securing of his Rājasūya—were accomplished by adhering to the instruction of the one he addresses (contextually, Kṛṣṇa’s guidance).