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Mahabharata · 7.44.10–11
॥
Рукмаратха
Devanāgarī
अलं त्रासेन वः शूरा नैष कश् चिन् मयि स्थिते ॥
अहम् एनं ग्रहीष्यामि जीवग्राहं न संशयः ॥
एवम् उक्त्वा तु सौभद्रम् अभिदुद्राव वीर्यवान् ॥
सुकल्पितेनोह्यमानः स्यन्दनेन विराजता ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
alaṃ trāsena vaḥ śūrā naiṣa kaś cin mayi sthite ||
aham enaṃ grahīṣyāmi jīvagrāhaṃ na saṃśayaḥ ||
evam uktvā tu saubhadram abhidudrāva vīryavān ||
sukalpitenohyamānaḥ syandanena virājatā ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अलम्alamenough; enough
त्रासेनtrāsenaof fear [dread]; of fear
वःvaḥfor you; for you
शूराःśūrāḥO heroes [brave ones]; O warriors
नnanot; not
एषःeṣaḥthis [one]; [this one]
कः चित्kaḥ citanything [nothing]; nothing
मयिmayi[while] I; [while] I
स्थितेsthite[while] stand [firm]; stand [firm]
अहम्ahamI; I
एनम्enamhim; him
ग्रहीष्यामिgrahīṣyāmishall seize [take]; shall seize
जीवग्राहम्jīvagrāhamalive [taking captive alive]; alive
न संशयःna saṃśayaḥno doubt [certainly]; certainly
एवम् उक्त्वाevam uktvāhaving said thus; having spoken thus
तुtuindeed; —
सौभद्रम्saubhadram[at] the son of Subhadra [Abhimanyu]; [at] Abhimanyu
अभिदुद्रावabhidudrāvarushed [charged]; charged
वीर्यवान्vīryavānvaliant [mighty]; valiant
सुकल्पितेनsukalpitenawell-equipped [skillfully adorned]; skillfully adorned
उह्यमानःuhyamānaḥborne [carried]; carried
स्यन्दनेनsyandanenaby a chariot; by a chariot
विराजताvirājatāshining [gleaming]; shining
Translation
"Enough of your fear, O warriors! This one is nothing while I stand firm. I shall seize him alive — of that there is no doubt." Having spoken thus, the valiant one charged at Abhimanyu, borne along by his skillfully adorned, shining chariot.
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Rukmaratha boasts of taking the youth "alive" — a boast that outruns the deed, tinged with self-conceit: "while I stand, he is nothing." Thus pride shows itself, presenting the wished-for as already accomplished. It is significant that his intent is not to kill but to capture and humiliate — and for that his punishment will be all the heavier. The verse teaches that bravado promising an easy victory is a mark not of strength but of vanity; that the intent not to defeat but to humiliate an enemy by taking him alive is especially insolent and therefore especially punished; and that Rukmaratha, who had just encouraged the wavering, himself fell victim to his own boast, for one who promises before the deed is done is most often the first to be disgraced.