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पार्थ पाशुपतं नाम परमास्त्रं सनातनम् ॥
येन सर्वान् मृधे दैत्याञ् जघ्ने देवो महेश्वरः ॥
यदि तद् विदितं ते ऽद्य श्वो हन्तासि जयद्रथम् ॥
अथ ज्ञातुं प्रपद्यस्व मनसा वृषभध्वजम् ॥
तं देवं मनसा ध्यायञ् जोषम् आस्स्व धनंजय ॥
ततस् तस्य प्रसादात् त्वं भक्तः प्राप्स्यसि तन् महत् ॥
pārtha pāśupataṃ nāma paramāstraṃ sanātanam ||
yena sarvān mṛdhe daityāñ jaghne devo maheśvaraḥ ||
yadi tad viditaṃ te 'dya śvo hantāsi jayadratham ||
atha jñātuṃ prapadyasva manasā vṛṣabhadhvajam ||
taṃ devaṃ manasā dhyāyañ joṣam āssva dhanaṃjaya ||
tatas tasya prasādāt tvaṃ bhaktaḥ prāpsyasi tan mahat ||
"Partha, there is a supreme, eternal weapon called Pashupata, by which the god Maheshvara slew all the daityas in battle. If it is known to you now, tomorrow you will slay Jayadratha; but if not, resolve to learn it, turning your mind to the Bull-bannered one. Contemplating that god in your mind, remain in silence, Dhananjaya; and then, by his grace, you, a devotee, will attain that great thing."
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Krishna points the way not to effort but to grace: the Pashupata weapon is won not by toil but "tasya prasādāt… bhaktaḥ prāpsyasi," "by his grace — you, a devotee, will attain it." It is significant that Krishna Himself, the Supreme Lord, directs Arjuna to Shiva with reverence, without rivalry: the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition honors Shiva as the greatest of devotees. The means is "manasā dhyāyan joṣam āssva," to contemplate in mind and remain silent. The verse teaches that the highest is granted not by conquest but by devotion and grace; and that the Lord's honoring of His own pure servants is a pattern to follow, not a diminishing of His greatness.