Mahābhārata · 7.50.22–23
॥
Devanāgarī
भित्त्वानीकं महेष्वासः परेषां बहुशो युधि ॥
कच्चिन् न निहतः शेते सौभद्रः परवीरहा ॥
लोहिताक्षं महाबाहुं जातं सिंहम् इवाद्रिषु ॥
उपेन्द्रसदृशं ब्रूत कथम् आयोधने हतः ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
bhittvānīkaṃ maheṣvāsaḥ pareṣāṃ bahuśo yudhi ||
kaccin na nihataḥ śete saubhadraḥ paravīrahā ||
lohitākṣaṃ mahābāhuṃ jātaṃ siṃham ivādriṣu ||
upendrasadṛśaṃ brūta katham āyodhane hataḥ ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
भित्त्वा अनीकम्bhittvā anīkamhaving broken the array; having shattered the array
महेष्वासःmaheṣvāsaḥthe great archer; the mighty bowman
परेषाम्pareṣāmof the enemies; of the foes
बहुशः युधिbahuśaḥ yudhimany times in battle; many a time in the fight
कच्चित् न निहतः शेतेkaccit na nihataḥ śetecan it be that [not] slain he lies; does he not lie slain
सौभद्रःsaubhadraḥthe son of Subhadra; Saubhadra
परवीरहाparavīrahāthe slayer of enemy heroes; the slayer of foemen's champions
लोहिताक्षम्lohitākṣamred-eyed; red-eyed
महाबाहुम्mahābāhummighty-armed; mighty-armed
जातम् सिंहम् इव अद्रिषुjātam siṃham iva adriṣuborn, like a lion in the mountains; like a lion, born in the mountains
उपेन्द्रसदृशम्upendrasadṛśamlike Upendra [Vishnu-Krishna]; like Upendra
ब्रूतbrūtatell me; tell me
कथम् आयोधने हतःkatham āyodhane hataḥhow in battle was he slain; how in the fray was he struck down
Traducción
"Does not the son of Subhadra lie slain, the slayer of enemy heroes, the mighty archer who many times in battle broke the foemen's array? Red-eyed, mighty-armed, [like] a lion born in the mountains, like Upendra — tell me, how was he slain in the fray?"
Versión
9a2d12fa4dab · publicado 19 jul 2026, 15:30:04 UTC
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The question "katham… hataḥ", "how was he slain?", is repeated twice — a question in which hope has already broken. The images "siṃham iva adriṣu… upendrasadṛśam", "a lion born in the mountains… like Upendra", raise the boy to the level of Vishnu-Krishna, his own grandfather through his mother: his very nature seemed unconquerable. It is telling that the father asks not "was he killed" but "how was he killed" — for the fall of one so god-like is conceivable only through deceit. The verse teaches that when a godlike one falls, the mind seeks not the fact itself but the means — for by fair means such a one could not be overcome.