मोहितो दैवयोगेन मृत्युपाशपुरस्कृतः ॥
न वेद कृष्णं दाशार्हम् अर्जुनं चैव पाण्डवम् ॥
पूर्वदेवौ महात्मानौ नरनारायणाव् उभौ ॥
एकात्मानौ द्विधाभूतौ दृश्येते मानवैर् भुवि ॥
मनसापि हि दुर्धर्षौ सेनाम् एतां यशस्विनौ ॥
नाशयेताम् इहेच्छन्तौ मानुषत्वात् तु नेच्छतः ॥
mohito daivayogena mṛtyupāśapuraskṛtaḥ ||
na veda kṛṣṇaṃ dāśārham arjunaṃ caiva pāṇḍavam ||
pūrvadevau mahātmānau naranārāyaṇāv ubhau ||
ekātmānau dvidhābhūtau dṛśyete mānavair bhuvi ||
manasāpi hi durdharṣau senām etāṃ yaśasvinau ||
nāśayetām ihecchantau mānuṣatvāt tu necchataḥ ||
Deluded by the working of fate, doomed to death's snare, [Duryodhana] does not recognize Krishna Dasharha and Arjuna the Pandava. The two primeval gods, great-souled, both — Nara and Narayana, one in essence, [yet] manifested in two bodies — are seen by mortals on earth. These two glorious ones, invincible even by a mere thought, could destroy this host here, were they to wish it; but because of their human form, they do not wish it.
ee1ed0be831c · publicado 19 jul 2026, 14:46:26 UTC
Disponible enRUENPasa de verso en verso con
Here the highest mystery is disclosed: Krishna and Arjuna are Narayana and Nara — two primeval sage-deities, 'one in essence, manifested in two bodies.' The Lord and His eternal companion, descended for the sake of dharma. They could destroy the army 'by a mere thought,' but 'because of their human form they do not wish it': the Lord, in descending, voluntarily observes the laws of the human role He has assumed, working no needless wonders — in this lies the humility and the beauty of His play. The verse teaches that behind the guise of heroes are hidden Nara and Narayana, God and His eternal devotee; that the all-powerful Lord limits Himself for the sake of the play of His descent, acting in a human manner; and that failing to recognize the divine in them is a sign of doom, of 'delusion by the working of fate,' foreshadowing ruin.