वैशंपायन उवाच
श्रुत्वा दुर्योधनो वाक्यम् अप्रियं कुरुसंसदि ॥
प्रत्युवाच महाबाहुं वासुदेवं यशस्विनम् ॥
प्रसमीक्ष्य भवान् एतद् वक्तुम् अर्हति केशव ॥
माम् एव हि विशेषेण विभाष्य परिगर्हसे ॥
भक्तिवादेन पार्थानाम् अकस्मान् मधुसूदन ॥
भवान् गर्हयते नित्यं किं समीक्ष्य बलाबलम् ॥
भवान् क्षत्ता च राजा च आचार्यो वा पितामहः ॥
माम् एव परिगर्हन्ते नान्यं कं चन पार्थिवम् ॥
न चाहं लक्षये कं चिद् व्यभिचारम् इहात्मनः ॥
अथ सर्वे भवन्तो मां विद्विषन्ति सराजकाः ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
śrutvā duryodhano vākyam apriyaṃ kurusaṃsadi ||
pratyuvāca mahābāhuṃ vāsudevaṃ yaśasvinam ||
prasamīkṣya bhavān etad vaktum arhati keśava ||
mām eva hi viśeṣeṇa vibhāṣya parigarhase ||
bhaktivādena pārthānām akasmān madhusūdana ||
bhavān garhayate nityaṃ kiṃ samīkṣya balābalam ||
bhavān kṣattā ca rājā ca ācāryo vā pitāmahaḥ ||
mām eva parigarhante nānyaṃ kaṃ cana pārthivam ||
na cāhaṃ lakṣaye kaṃ cid vyabhicāram ihātmanaḥ ||
atha sarve bhavanto māṃ vidviṣanti sarājakāḥ ||
Vaishampayana said: "Having heard the unpleasant speech in the assembly of the Kurus, Duryodhana answered the glorious, mighty-armed Vasudeva: 'Having carefully considered this, you ought to speak, O Keshava. For you censure me, singling me out in particular. Because of your speeches in favor of the Parthas, without cause, O Madhusudana, you constantly blame me — what balance of strength and weakness have you considered? You — the kshattar, the king, the teacher, and the grandsire — all of you censure only me and no other earthly lord. Yet I find in myself no transgression here; so it must be that all of you, together with the kings, hate me.'"
ab1bc75a89d1 · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 5:51:08 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Duryodhana answers not with an acknowledgment of dharma but with self-justification. He reduces the wrong to a formal game of dice, declares himself innocent, and cloaks his obstinacy in the language of kshatriya honor. Here the central rupture becomes visible: outward valor without humility and truth ceases to be dharma and becomes instead a determination to perish along with one's whole line.