Mahābhārata · 2.40.23
॥
Devanāgarī
भीष्म उवाच
एवम् एष नृपः पापः शिशुपालः सुमन्दधीः ॥
त्वां समाह्वयते वीर गोविन्दवरदर्पितः ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
bhīṣma uvāca
evam eṣa nṛpaḥ pāpaḥ śiśupālaḥ sumandadhīḥ ||
tvāṃ samāhvayate vīra govindavaradarpitaḥ ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
एवम् एष नृपः पापःevam eṣa nṛpaḥ pāpaḥ"thus this sinful king,
शिशुपालः सु-मन्द-धीःśiśupālaḥ su-manda-dhīḥShishupala, dull-witted,
त्वां समाह्वयते वीरtvāṃ samāhvayate vīrachallenges you, o hero,
गोविन्द-वर-दर्पितःgovinda-vara-darpitaḥpuffed up by Govinda's boon."
भीष्मbhīṣmaoriginal form "bhīṣma", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सुमन्दधीःsumandadhīḥoriginal form "sumandadhīḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
गोविन्दवरदर्पितःgovindavaradarpitaḥoriginal form "govindavaradarpitaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Traducción
"Thus this sinful, dull-witted king Shishupala challenges you [to battle], o hero, puffed up by Govinda's boon."
Versión
684276a2bab3 · publicado 16 jul 2026, 15:40:28 UTC
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Bhishma's conclusion lays bare the bitter root of the insolence: Shishupala "grew puffed up by Govinda's boon." Tellingly, the very mercy granted for his salvation is turned by him into an occasion for outrage: knowing of his hundred reprieves, he squanders them on abuse, imagining himself untouchable. The verse teaches how dangerous mercy is in the hands of the ungrateful: the gift of long-suffering, received without humility, becomes an instrument of ruin. One who derives from the Lord's magnanimity a license to sin prepares his own end -- for the more that is forgiven the proud, the heavier his fall when the allotted measure is exhausted. Grace trampled turns into a verdict.