भ्रातुर्विरूपकरणं युधि निर्जितस्य प्रोद्वाहपर्वणि च तद्वधमक्षगोष्ठ्याम् । दु:खं समुत्थमसहोऽस्मदयोगभीत्या नैवाब्रवी: किमपि तेन वयं जितास्ते ॥ ५६ ॥
bhrātur virūpa-karaṇaṁ yudhi nirjitasya prodvāha-parvaṇi ca tad-vadham akṣa-goṣṭhyām duḥkhaṁ samuttham asaho ’smad-ayoga-bhītyā naivābravīḥ kim api tena vayaṁ jitās te
- bhrātuḥ
- of your brother
- virūpa-karaṇam
- the disfigurement
- yudhi
- in battle
- nirjitasya
- who was defeated
- prodvāha
- of the marriage ceremony (of Rukmiṇī’s grandson, Aniruddha)
- parvaṇi
- on the appointed day
- ca
- and
- tat
- his
- vadham
- killing
- akṣa-goṣṭhyām
- during a gambling match
- duḥkham
- sorrow
- samuṭtham
- fully experienced
- asahaḥ
- intolerable
- asmat
- from Us
- ayoga
- of separation
- bhītyā
- out of fear
- na
- not
- eva
- indeed
- abravīḥ
- did you speak
- kim api
- anything
- tena
- by that
- vayam
- We
- jitāḥ
- conquered
- te
- by you
When your brother, who had been defeated in battle and then disfigured, was later killed during a gambling match on Aniruddha’s wedding day, you felt unbearable grief, yet out of fear of losing Me you spoke not a word. By this silence you have conquered Me.