Mahābhārata · 1.212.27–28
॥
Devanāgarī
को हि तत्रैव भुक्त्वान्नं भाजनं भेत्तुम् अर्हति ॥
मन्यमानः कुले जातम् आत्मानं पुरुषः क्व चित् ॥
ईप्समानश् च संबन्धं कृतपूर्वं च मानयन् ॥
को हि नाम भवेनार्थी साहसेन समाचरेत् ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
ko hi tatraiva bhuktvānnaṃ bhājanaṃ bhettum arhati ||
manyamānaḥ kule jātam ātmānaṃ puruṣaḥ kva cit ||
īpsamānaś ca saṃbandhaṃ kṛtapūrvaṃ ca mānayan ||
ko hi nāma bhavenārthī sāhasena samācaret ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
कः हि तत्र एव भुक्त्वा अन्नं भाजनं भेत्तुम् अर्हतिkaḥ hi tatra eva bhuktvā annaṃ bhājanaṃ bhettum arhatifor who, having eaten food there [as a guest], would break the vessel,
मन्यमानः कुले जातम् आत्मानं पुरुषः क्व चित्manyamānaḥ kule jātam ātmānaṃ puruṣaḥ kva citthinking himself born in a [good] family — what man would ever?
ईप्समानः च संबन्धं कृतपूर्वं च मानयन्īpsamānaḥ ca saṃbandhaṃ kṛtapūrvaṃ ca mānayanand who, desiring a union [of kinship] and honoring past [friendship],
कः हि नाम भवेत् अर्थी साहसेन समाचरेत्kaḥ hi nāma bhavet arthī sāhasena samācaretwho, being a suitor [for her hand], would act with such audacity [violence]?
कोkooriginal form "ko", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तत्रैवtatraivaoriginal form "tatraiva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भुक्त्वान्नंbhuktvānnaṃoriginal form "bhuktvānnaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ईप्समानश्īpsamānaśoriginal form "īpsamānaś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कोkooriginal form "ko", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भवेनार्थीbhavenārthīoriginal form "bhavenārthī", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Traducción
‘For who, having eaten food there as a guest, would break the vessel, thinking himself born in a good family — what man would ever do so? And who, desiring a union and honoring past friendship, being a suitor for her hand, would act with such audacity?’
Versión
74f02a5f6da0 · publicado 12 jul 2026, 18:11:48 UTC
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Here Balarama reproaches figuratively — ‘to break the vessel one ate from.’ The comparison is significant: to answer hospitality with audacity is like defiling the vessel that fed you; moreover, one who seeks kinship does not take by force. Here is a reproach for seeming ingratitude; but this reproach rests on ignorance of the true course of events. Thus the scripture presents the argument of wounded hospitality; and this very argument Krishna will turn into praise for Arjuna.