Mahābhārata · 1.213.4–5
॥
Devanāgarī
प्रदानम् अपि कन्यायाः पशुवत् को ऽनुमंस्यते ॥
विक्रयं चाप्य् अपत्यस्य कः कुर्यात् पुरुषो भुवि ॥
एतान् दोषांश् च कौन्तेयो दृष्टवान् इति मे मतिः ॥
अतः प्रसह्य हृतवान् कन्यां धर्मेण पाण्डवः ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
pradānam api kanyāyāḥ paśuvat ko 'numaṃsyate ||
vikrayaṃ cāpy apatyasya kaḥ kuryāt puruṣo bhuvi ||
etān doṣāṃś ca kaunteyo dṛṣṭavān iti me matiḥ ||
ataḥ prasahya hṛtavān kanyāṃ dharmeṇa pāṇḍavaḥ ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
प्रदानम् अपि कन्यायाः पशुवत् कः अनुमंस्यतेpradānam api kanyāyāḥ paśuvat kaḥ anumaṃsyate"And who would approve giving away a maiden as though selling cattle?
विक्रयं च अपि अपत्यस्य कः कुर्यात् पुरुषः भुविvikrayaṃ ca api apatyasya kaḥ kuryāt puruṣaḥ bhuviand what man on earth would carry out the sale of his own child?
एतान् दोषान् च कौन्तेयः दृष्टवान् इति मे मतिःetān doṣān ca kaunteyaḥ dṛṣṭavān iti me matiḥthese flaws, I think, Kaunteya has perceived;
अतः प्रसह्य हृतवान् कन्यां धर्मेण पाण्डवःataḥ prasahya hṛtavān kanyāṃ dharmeṇa pāṇḍavaḥtherefore the Pandava carried off the maiden by force, but in accordance with dharma;
कोkooriginal form "ko", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽनुमंस्यते'numaṃsyateoriginal form "'numaṃsyate", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चाप्य्cāpyoriginal form "cāpy", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पुरुषोpuruṣooriginal form "puruṣo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दोषांश्doṣāṃśoriginal form "doṣāṃś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कौन्तेयोkaunteyooriginal form "kaunteyo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Traducción
"And who would approve giving away a maiden as though selling cattle? And what man on earth would carry out the sale of his own child? These flaws, I think, Kaunteya has perceived; therefore the Pandava carried off the maiden by force, but in accordance with dharma."
Versión
f4ab6d4d1039 · publicado 12 jul 2026, 18:11:48 UTC
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Here Krishna reveals the nobility of Arjuna's motive. It is telling that heroic abduction is here preferred to the buying and selling of a bride: Arjuna would not have the maiden handed over like merchandise. Here even the unconventional path proves more righteous than the ordinary one, so long as it escapes the taint of greed. So Scripture reveals the purity of Arjuna's intent; and his "violence" turns out to be fidelity to dignity.