महाभारत · 1.171.12–13
॥
देवनागरी
राजभिश् चेश्वरैश् चैव यदि वै पितरो मम ॥
शक्तैर् न शकिता त्रातुम् इष्टं मत्वेह जीवितम् ॥
अत एषाम् अहं क्रुद्धो लोकानाम् ईश्वरो ऽद्य सन् ॥
भवतां तु वचो नाहम् अलं समतिवर्तितुम् ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
rājabhiś ceśvaraiś caiva yadi vai pitaro mama ||
śaktair na śakitā trātum iṣṭaṃ matveha jīvitam ||
ata eṣām ahaṃ kruddho lokānām īśvaro 'dya san ||
bhavatāṃ tu vaco nāham alaṃ samativartitum ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
राजभिः च ईश्वरैः च एव यदि वै पितरः ममrājabhiḥ ca īśvaraiḥ ca eva yadi vai pitaraḥ mamaif, then, by kings and lords, [though] capable, my fathers
शक्तैः न शकिता त्रातुम् इष्टं मत्वा इह जीवितम्śaktaiḥ na śakitā trātum iṣṭaṃ matvā iha jīvitamwere not saved -- [by those who] deemed their own life dear [here], [not intervening] --
अतः एषाम् अहं क्रुद्धः लोकानाम् ईश्वरः अद्य सन्ataḥ eṣām ahaṃ kruddhaḥ lokānām īśvaraḥ adya santherefore I am angry at these worlds, [though] now myself powerful;
भवतां तु वचः न अहम् अलं समतिवर्तितुम्bhavatāṃ tu vacaḥ na aham alaṃ samativartitumbut your word I am not able to transgress;
राजभिश्rājabhiśoriginal form "rājabhiś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चेश्वरैश्ceśvaraiśoriginal form "ceśvaraiś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चैवcaivaoriginal form "caiva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पितरोpitarooriginal form "pitaro", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शक्तैर्śaktairoriginal form "śaktair", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मत्वेहmatvehaoriginal form "matveha", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अतataoriginal form "ata", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
क्रुद्धोkruddhooriginal form "kruddho", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ईश्वरोīśvarooriginal form "īśvaro", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽद्य'dyaoriginal form "'dya", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वचोvacooriginal form "vaco", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नाहम्nāhamoriginal form "nāham", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुवाद
"If, then, my fathers were not saved by kings and lords capable of it -- by those who, deeming their own life dear, did not intervene -- therefore I am angry at these worlds, though now myself powerful. But your word I am not able to transgress."
संस्करण
46401547760d · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 5:37:22 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here Aurva's anger is joined with obedience to the ancestors. It is telling that, having denounced the cowardice of the powerful who did not intervene for the Bhrigus, he still bows before the word of the ancestors: "I am not able to transgress your word." Here it is shown that even righteous anger must submit to the will of elders and to higher understanding: self-will, even in just indignation, is restrained by humility. Thus the scripture shows that Aurva, having both cause and power, still hands the decision to the ancestors; and this obedience opens the way to a wise resolution.