Mahābhārata · 2.55.17
॥
Devanāgarī
समवेतान् हि कः पार्थान् प्रतियुध्येत भारत ॥
मरुद्भिः सहितो राजन्न् अपि साक्षान् मरुत्पतिः ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
samavetān hi kaḥ pārthān pratiyudhyeta bhārata ||
marudbhiḥ sahito rājann api sākṣān marutpatiḥ ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
समवेतान् हि कः पार्थान्samavetān hi kaḥ pārthān"For who, against the Parthas gathered together,
प्रतियुध्येत भारतpratiyudhyeta bhāratawould fight, O Bharata,
मरुद्भिः सहितो राजन्न्marudbhiḥ sahito rājanneven together with the Maruts, O king,
अपि साक्षान् मरुत्-पतिःapi sākṣān marut-patiḥeven the lord of the Maruts [Indra] himself?"
मरुत्पतिःmarutpatiḥoriginal form "marutpatiḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Traducción
"For who could fight against the Parthas gathered together, O Bharata — even the lord of the Maruts [Indra] himself, together with the Maruts, O king?"
Versión
a6f1e532349f · publicado 16 jul 2026, 16:03:36 UTC
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Vidura closes with an argument from strength: even Indra with the Maruts could not overcome the Parthas united. Telling is that he appeals not only to conscience but to reason: enmity with the invincible is not only a sin but a folly. The verse teaches that wrongdoing is doubly unwise when turned against the strongest: to impiety is added doom. And "gathered together" is the key: the strength of the Pandavas lies in their unity, bound by dharma and by Krishna. Whoever plots against them plots against the invincible — and thereby destroys only himself. Vidura has exhausted his arguments — both of conscience and of advantage; what remains is only Dhritarashtra's freedom to choose, and on this choice hangs the fate of the family.