वैशंपायन उवाच
ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा शिशुपालम् उपाद्रवत् ॥
उवाच चैनं मधुरं सान्त्वपूर्वम् इदं वचः ॥
नेदं युक्तं महीपाल यादृशं वै त्वम् उक्तवान् ॥
अधर्मश् च परो राजन् पारुष्यं च निरर्थकम् ॥
न हि धर्मं परं जातु नावबुध्येत पार्थिव ॥
भीष्मः शांतनवस् त्व् एनं मावमंस्था अतो ऽन्यथा ॥
पश्य चेमान् महीपालांस् त्वत्तो वृद्धतमान् बहून् ॥
मृष्यन्ते चार्हणां कृष्णे तद्वत् त्वं क्षन्तुम् अर्हसि ॥
वेद तत्त्वेन कृष्णं हि भीष्मश् चेदिपते भृशम् ॥
न ह्य् एनं त्वं तथा वेत्थ यथैनं वेद कौरवः ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā śiśupālam upādravat ||
uvāca cainaṃ madhuraṃ sāntvapūrvam idaṃ vacaḥ ||
nedaṃ yuktaṃ mahīpāla yādṛśaṃ vai tvam uktavān ||
adharmaś ca paro rājan pāruṣyaṃ ca nirarthakam ||
na hi dharmaṃ paraṃ jātu nāvabudhyeta pārthiva ||
bhīṣmaḥ śāṃtanavas tv enaṃ māvamaṃsthā ato 'nyathā ||
paśya cemān mahīpālāṃs tvatto vṛddhatamān bahūn ||
mṛṣyante cārhaṇāṃ kṛṣṇe tadvat tvaṃ kṣantum arhasi ||
veda tattvena kṛṣṇaṃ hi bhīṣmaś cedipate bhṛśam ||
na hy enaṃ tvaṃ tathā vettha yathainaṃ veda kauravaḥ ||
Then King Yudhishthira approached Shishupala and spoke to him this sweet, gentle word: "What you have said is not fitting, O lord of the earth; this is the highest unrighteousness, O king, and your harshness is useless. For Bhishma, son of Shantanu, cannot fail to understand the highest dharma, O sovereign; do not judge him otherwise. Look at these lords of the earth, many of whom are older than you: they tolerate the honor paid to Krishna — you too should be willing to bear it. For Bhishma truly knows Krishna, O lord of Chedi; you do not know him as the Kauravya knows him."
4fb2d7faf70a · publicado 16 jul 2026, 15:40:27 UTC
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Yudhishthira answers abuse not with abuse but with a "sweet, gentle word": the righteous man speaks softly even to his offender, seeking to enlighten rather than to wound. His argument is telling — not "listen to me" but "look at the elders who endure it": humility teaches humility by example. And he names the root of the dispute rightly: "you do not know him as" — all of Shishupala's blasphemy stems from not knowing who stands before him. The verse teaches that gentleness is the wise man's first answer to insolence; and that disagreement over honoring the Lord is resolved not by force of argument but by the healing of blindness — for one who has come to know Krishna will no longer revile him.