पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्तश् चिकीर्षुः कर्म दुष्करम् ॥
जयद्रथवधान्वेषी प्रतिज्ञां कृतवान् हि यः ॥
कच्चित् स सैन्धवं संख्ये हनिष्यति धनंजयः ॥
कच्चित् तीर्णप्रतिज्ञं हि वासुदेवेन रक्षितम् ॥
अनस्तमित आदित्ये समेष्याम्य् अहम् अर्जुनम् ॥
कच्चित् सैन्धवको राजा दुर्योधनहिते रतः ॥
नन्दयिष्यत्य् अमित्राणि फल्गुनेन निपातितः ॥
putraśokābhisaṃtaptaś cikīrṣuḥ karma duṣkaram ||
jayadrathavadhānveṣī pratijñāṃ kṛtavān hi yaḥ ||
kaccit sa saindhavaṃ saṃkhye haniṣyati dhanaṃjayaḥ ||
kaccit tīrṇapratijñaṃ hi vāsudevena rakṣitam ||
anastamita āditye sameṣyāmy aham arjunam ||
kaccit saindhavako rājā duryodhanahite rataḥ ||
nandayiṣyaty amitrāṇi phalgunena nipātitaḥ ||
"Burned by grief for his son, wishing to accomplish a hard task, seeking the death of Jayadratha, he who took the vow — shall I, this very day before the sun sets, meet him who has kept his vow, Arjuna, guarded by Vasudeva? Will the king of Sindhu, zealous for Duryodhana's good, gladden his foes, once struck down by Phalguna?"
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Joy does not extinguish anxiety: the king longs to know whether Arjuna will keep his terrible vow before sunset. It is telling that even in rejoicing the heart remembers the looming deadline. The verse teaches that love does not settle into peace until danger has fully passed: even having learned the beloved is alive, it worries over what is still to come, for care for the one we love does not rest until a good outcome is secured.