पुनः पुनर् न मृश्यामि विनाशम् अमितौजसाम् ॥
चिन्तयानो यदूनां च कृष्णस्य च यशस्विनः ॥
शोषणं सागरस्येव पर्वतस्येव चालनम् ॥
नभसः पतनं चैव शैत्यम् अग्नेस् तथैव च ॥
अश्रद्धेयम् अहं मन्ये विनाशं शार्ङ्गधन्वनः ॥
न चेह स्थातुम् इच्छामि लोके कृष्णविनाकृतः ॥
इतः कष्टतरं चान्यच् छृणु तद् वै तपोधन ॥
मनो मे दीर्यते येन चिन्तयानस्य वै मुहुः ॥
punaḥ punar na mṛśyāmi vināśam amitaujasām ||
cintayāno yadūnāṃ ca kṛṣṇasya ca yaśasvinaḥ ||
śoṣaṇaṃ sāgarasyeva parvatasyeva cālanam ||
nabhasaḥ patanaṃ caiva śaityam agnes tathaiva ca ||
aśraddheyam ahaṃ manye vināśaṃ śārṅgadhanvanaḥ ||
na ceha sthātum icchāmi loke kṛṣṇavinākṛtaḥ ||
itaḥ kaṣṭataraṃ cānyac chṛṇu tad vai tapodhana ||
mano me dīryate yena cintayānasya vai muhuḥ ||
Again and again I cannot endure the destruction of the immeasurably mighty, thinking of the Yadavas and of glorious Krishna. Like the drying up of the ocean, like the shifting of a mountain, like the falling of the sky and the coldness of fire — so do I count incredible the destruction of the Bearer of the Sharnga bow; and I do not wish to remain here in a world bereft of Krishna. Still more bitter than this is another matter — hear it, O rich in austerity — by the thought of which my mind is torn asunder incessantly.
b6e435ee923a · published Jun 21, 2026, 1:40:00 AM UTC
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Even now Arjuna holds the "destruction" of Krishna to be impossible — "like the drying up of the ocean, like the coldness of fire." In this stubborn disbelief the truth glimmers: the Lord is indestructible, and a friend's heart cannot accept the news of His death, for He has not died but has withdrawn. Yet the grief of separation is no lighter for that: life "in a world bereft of Krishna" holds no value for Arjuna. This reveals that separation from the Lord — even if apparent to one who has seen the truth — is an unbearable torment for a loving heart. The verse teaches that the Lord is truly indestructible, and a loving heart cannot believe in His death, for it senses His eternity; and that, at the same time, separation from Him strips the world of all meaning for the devotee, for the world was never his treasure — the Lord was — and without Him all else is ash.