महाभारत · 5.125.26
॥
देवनागरी
यावद् धि सूच्यास् तीक्ष्णाया विध्येद् अग्रेण माधव ॥
तावद् अप्य् अपरित्याज्यं भूमेर् नः पाण्डवान् प्रति ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
yāvad dhi sūcyās tīkṣṇāyā vidhyed agreṇa mādhava ||
tāvad apy aparityājyaṃ bhūmer naḥ pāṇḍavān prati ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
यावद्yāvadas much as; as far as
धिdhiindeed; for
सूच्यास्sūcyāsof a needle; of a fine needle
तीक्ष्णायाtīkṣṇāyāsharp; pointed
विध्येद्vidhyedwould pierce; would prick
अग्रेणagreṇawith the point; with the tip
माधवmādhavaO Madhava; O descendant of Madhu
तावद्tāvadthat much; so much
अप्य्apyalso; even
अपरित्याज्यंaparityājyaṃnot to be ceded; that which cannot be given up
भूमेर्bhūmerof land; of the land's portion
नःnaḥby us; our
पाण्डवान्pāṇḍavānto the Pandavas; the Pandavas
प्रतिpratitowards; with regard to
अनुवाद
"'As much land as could be pierced by the point of a sharp needle, O Madhava — that much even should not be ceded by us to the Pandavas.'"
संस्करण
c252afeec547 · 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.