Mahabharata · 7.26.29
॥
Devanāgarī
ततः संशप्तकान् हत्वा भूयिष्ठं ये व्यवस्थिताः ॥
भगदत्ताय याहीति पार्थः कृष्णम् अचोदयत् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tataḥ saṃśaptakān hatvā bhūyiṣṭhaṃ ye vyavasthitāḥ ||
bhagadattāya yāhīti pārthaḥ kṛṣṇam acodayat ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
ततःtataḥthen; then
संशप्तकान्saṃśaptakānSamshaptakas; Samshaptakas
हत्वाhatvāhaving slain [struck down]; having slain
भूयिष्ठम्bhūyiṣṭhamfor the most part [almost all]; almost all
येyewho [those who]; [those] who
व्यवस्थिताःvyavasthitāḥstood firm [stood to the death]; stood to the death
भगदत्तायbhagadattāya[to] Bhagadatta; [to] Bhagadatta
याहिyāhigo [drive]; drive
इतिitithus [with these words]; —
पार्थःpārthaḥPartha [Arjuna]; Partha
कृष्णम्kṛṣṇamKrishna; Krishna
अचोदयत्acodayaturged [prompted]; urged [to drive]
Translation
Then, having slain almost all the Samshaptakas who had stood to the death, "Drive to Bhagadatta!" -- with these words Partha urged Krishna onward.
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Having accomplished the first task -- crushing the Samshaptakas -- Arjuna at once turns to the second: "Drive to Bhagadatta!" Having settled his heart, once torn between two courses, on one of them, he does not linger or rest on his victory, but hastens to where his help is still needed. It is significant that one accomplished task is immediately followed by the next -- such is unceasing duty. The verse teaches that a completed deed is no cause for rest while a task remains undone; that the valiant, having resolved one difficulty, at once turns to the next without wasting time on self-admiration; and that faithfulness to duty is an unbroken movement from one obligation to another -- the victory over the Samshaptakas only frees Arjuna to hasten to the rescue of the army, for whose sake he had striven from the very beginning.