Mahābhārata · 7.51.11–12
॥
Devanāgarī
परिवार्य तु तैः सर्वैर् युधि बालो महारथैः ॥
यतमानः परं शक्त्या बहुभिर् विरथीकृतः ॥
ततो दौःशासनिः क्षिप्रं तथा तैर् विरथीकृतम् ॥
संशयं परमं प्राप्य दिष्टान्तेनाभ्ययोजयत् ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
parivārya tu taiḥ sarvair yudhi bālo mahārathaiḥ ||
yatamānaḥ paraṃ śaktyā bahubhir virathīkṛtaḥ ||
tato dauḥśāsaniḥ kṣipraṃ tathā tair virathīkṛtam ||
saṃśayaṃ paramaṃ prāpya diṣṭāntenābhyayojayat ||
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SánscritoIASTSignificado
परिवार्य तुparivārya tusurrounded, indeed; encircled, indeed
तैः सर्वैःtaiḥ sarvaiḥby all those; by all those
युधि बालःyudhi bālaḥin battle, the boy; in the fight, the child
महारथैःmahārathaiḥby the great chariot-warriors; by the mahārathas
यतमानः परम् शक्त्याyatamānaḥ param śaktyāstriving with all his might; striving beyond his strength
बहुभिः विरथीकृतःbahubhiḥ virathīkṛtaḥwas deprived of his chariot by many; was unchariotted by many
ततः दौःशासनिः क्षिप्रम्tataḥ dauḥśāsaniḥ kṣipramthen the son of Duhshasana swiftly; then the son of Duhshasana in an instant
तथा तैः विरथीकृतम्tathā taiḥ virathīkṛtamhim, thus deprived of his chariot by them; him, thus unchariotted by them
संशयम् परमम् प्राप्यsaṃśayam paramam prāpyahaving brought him into extreme peril [reduced him to mortal distress]; having plunged him into mortal peril
दिष्टान्तेन अभ्ययोजयत्diṣṭāntena abhyayojayatjoined him with his predestined end [put him to death]; brought him to his fated end
Traducción
"Surrounded in battle by all those great chariot-warriors, the boy, striving with all his might, was deprived of his chariot by many. Then the son of Duhshasana swiftly — thus finding him unchariotted by them and plunged into mortal peril — brought him to his fated end."
Versión
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His death is named with restraint and dread: "diṣṭāntena abhyayojayat", "brought him to his predestined end". The word "diṣṭānta", the fated limit, once more inscribes the crime into the fabric of destiny — not excusing the hand, but pointing to a larger order. First "virathīkṛtaḥ", deprived of his weapon by having his chariot taken by many, and only then finished off by one. It is telling that here too the killing is preceded by lawless despoiling. The verse teaches that evil triumphs not through open strength but by first stripping the victim of every means of defense; and yet its final limit lies in the hand of fate, not in the hand of the wrongdoer.