अधनस्याकृतार्थस्य त्यक्तस्य विविधैः फलैः ॥
ऋणं धारयमाणस्य कुतः सुखम् अनीहया ॥
सुहृदां हि धनं भुक्त्वा कृत्वा प्रणयम् ईप्सितम् ॥
प्रतिकर्तुम् अशक्तस्य जीवितान् मरणं वरम् ॥
प्रतिश्रुत्य करिष्येति कर्तव्यं तद् अकुर्वतः ॥
मिथ्यावचनदग्धस्य इष्टापूर्तं प्रणश्यति ॥
न रूपम् अनृतस्यास्ति नानृतस्यास्ति संततिः ॥
नानृतस्याधिपत्यं च कुत एव गतिः शुभा ॥
कुतः कृतघ्नस्य यशः कुतः स्थानं कुतः सुखम् ॥
अश्रद्धेयः कृतघ्नो हि कृतघ्ने नास्ति निष्कृतिः ॥
adhanasyākṛtārthasya tyaktasya vividhaiḥ phalaiḥ ||
ṛṇaṃ dhārayamāṇasya kutaḥ sukham anīhayā ||
suhṛdāṃ hi dhanaṃ bhuktvā kṛtvā praṇayam īpsitam ||
pratikartum aśaktasya jīvitān maraṇaṃ varam ||
pratiśrutya kariṣyeti kartavyaṃ tad akurvataḥ ||
mithyāvacanadagdhasya iṣṭāpūrtaṃ praṇaśyati ||
na rūpam anṛtasyāsti nānṛtasyāsti saṃtatiḥ ||
nānṛtasyādhipatyaṃ ca kuta eva gatiḥ śubhā ||
kutaḥ kṛtaghnasya yaśaḥ kutaḥ sthānaṃ kutaḥ sukham ||
aśraddheyaḥ kṛtaghno hi kṛtaghne nāsti niṣkṛtiḥ ||
My strength is immeasurable, and no being is capable of withstanding it. In the war with the daityas, too, I performed great feats. Shrutashri, Shrutasena, Vivasvat, Rochanamukha, Prashrura, and Kalakaksha, among the sons of Diti, were slain by me. Sitting upon the flagstaff of your younger brother's chariot, I carefully guard it in battle, and at times I even carry that brother upon my back. Perhaps it is for this reason that you disregard me. Who else in the universe is capable of bearing such a heavy burden? Who is stronger than I? Though I am superior, I still carry upon my back this younger brother of yours together with all his friends. Yet when you, disregarding me, hindered me from eating, you, O Vasava, brought disgrace upon me — just as this younger brother of yours has all along disgraced me by making me carry him on my back. As for you, O Vishnu, among all those endowed with valor and strength who were born from the womb of Aditi, you surpass all in strength. Yet I carry you without any weariness, with a single feather. Consider then calmly, O brother, which of us is stronger?' Kanva continued: 'Having heard the proud words of this bird who foreboded danger, the wielder of the discus, provoking Tarkshya still further, said to him: "Though you are so weak, why, O Garuda, do you still consider yourself strong? O egg-born creature, it does not become you to boast in this way in our presence. The three worlds joined together cannot bear the weight of mine. I myself carry the weight of my own body and yours as well. Come then, bear the weight of my right arm."'
48cf4ee6fc92 · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 5:30:29 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The fragment 5.105.6-10 develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort for peace is already underway against the backdrop of inevitable war. Dharma is revealed here through speech, the choice of embassy, faithfulness to promises, and the responsibility of kings for the consequences of their decisions.