Mahabharata · 7.115.3–4
॥
Devanāgarī
ताभ्याम् ऊर्जितवीर्याभ्याम् आप्यायितपराक्रमः ॥
सहितः कृष्णभीमाभ्यां शिनीनाम् ऋषभेण च ॥
तदा प्रभृति मा शोको दहत्य् अग्निर् इवाशयम् ॥
ग्रस्तान् हि प्रतिपश्यामि भूमिपालान् ससैन्धवान् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tābhyām ūrjitavīryābhyām āpyāyitaparākramaḥ ||
sahitaḥ kṛṣṇabhīmābhyāṃ śinīnām ṛṣabheṇa ca ||
tadā prabhṛti mā śoko dahaty agnir ivāśayam ||
grastān hi pratipaśyāmi bhūmipālān sasaindhavān ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
ताभ्याम् ऊर्जितवीर्याभ्याम्tābhyām ūrjitavīryābhyāmby those two, mighty in valor; by those two, powerful in valor
आप्यायितपराक्रमःāpyāyitaparākramaḥwith strength [thus] reinforced; with his might reinforced [by them]
सहितः कृष्णभीमाभ्याम्sahitaḥ kṛṣṇabhīmābhyāmjoined with Krishna and Bhima; joined with Krishna and Bhima
शिनीनाम् ऋषभेण चśinīnām ṛṣabheṇa caand with the bull of Shini; and with the bull of Shini's line [Satyaki]
तदा प्रभृति मा शोकःtadā prabhṛti mā śokaḥsince then my grief; since that time my grief
दहति अग्निः इव आशयम्dahati agniḥ iva āśayamburns like fire a dwelling; burns like fire — a home
ग्रस्तान् हि प्रतिपश्यामिgrastān hi pratipaśyāmifor I see [them] engulfed; for I see them engulfed [by fate]
भूमिपालान् ससैन्धवान्bhūmipālān sasaindhavānthe kings, together with Saindhava; the kings together with Saindhava
Translation
"Though [the army] was reinforced by those two mighty in valor [Drona and Karna], Arjuna, joined with Krishna and Bhima and with the bull of Shini [Satyaki], entered it. Since then grief has burned me like fire burns a home; for I see the kings, together with Saindhava [Jayadratha], engulfed [by fate]."
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Grief burns the king like fire burns a home — he already foresees the ruin of all he has drawn into this war, and of Jayadratha himself. It is telling that the might of Drona and Karna does not save: the unity of those who love one another — Krishna, Bhima, Satyaki around Arjuna — overcomes every defense. The verse teaches that the solidarity of the righteous is stronger than the greatest defenders of a wrongful cause; and foresight of disaster, arriving too late, only sears the heart of the one who could have averted it.