Mahābhārata · 7.168.17–18
॥
Devanāgarī
स्वयम् एवात्मनो वक्तुं न युक्तं गुणसंस्तवम् ॥
दारयेयं महीं क्रोधाद् विकिरेयं च पर्वतान् ॥
आविध्य च गदां गुर्वीं भीमां काञ्चनमालिनीम् ॥
गिरिप्रकाशान् क्षितिजान् भञ्जेयम् अनिलो यथा ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
svayam evātmano vaktuṃ na yuktaṃ guṇasaṃstavam ||
dārayeyaṃ mahīṃ krodhād vikireyaṃ ca parvatān ||
āvidhya ca gadāṃ gurvīṃ bhīmāṃ kāñcanamālinīm ||
giriprakāśān kṣitijān bhañjeyam anilo yathā ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
स्वयम् एव आत्मनः वक्तुम्svayam eva ātmanaḥ vaktumto speak of oneself; for oneself to speak
न युक्तम् गुणसंस्तवम्na yuktam guṇasaṃstavamit is not fitting to praise one's own virtues; it is not proper to laud one's own merits
दारयेयम् महीम् क्रोधात्dārayeyam mahīm krodhātI would split the earth in wrath; I would cleave the earth in anger
विकिरेयम् च पर्वतान्vikireyam ca parvatānand scatter the mountains; and strew the mountains asunder
आविध्य च गदाम् गुर्वीम्āvidhya ca gadām gurvīmand, whirling my heavy mace; and, swinging my ponderous mace
भीमाम् काञ्चनमालिनीम्bhīmām kāñcanamālinīmdread, garlanded with gold; terrible, wreathed in gold
गिरिप्रकाशान् क्षितिजान्giriprakāśān kṣitijānthe mountain-like, earth-born [foes]; those mountain-like, earth-born [enemies]
भञ्जेयम् अनिलः यथाbhañjeyam anilaḥ yathāI would break, as the wind [breaks trees]; I would shatter, as does the storm
Traducción
"To speak of oneself is not fitting -- to praise one's own virtues; but I would split the earth in wrath and scatter the mountains. And, whirling my heavy mace, dread and garlanded with gold, I would break the mountain-like, earth-born foes as the wind breaks trees."
Versión
7e907e76ce04 · publicado 19 jul 2026, 17:08:17 UTC
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Bhima, even as he condemns boasting, at once boasts of his own might -- to crumble mountains, to split the earth: anger carries him past the bounds of modesty as well. It is telling how he falls into the very contradiction he censures in Arjuna's speech, for his own words are no less immoderate. The verse teaches that passion easily draws us into the very thing we condemn in others; one who denounces another's fault in the heat of the moment often falls into it himself -- for it is easier to curb another's word than one's own.