Mahābhārata · 7.77.28–29
॥
Devanāgarī
तौ दृष्ट्वा प्रतिसंरब्धौ दुर्योधनधनंजयौ ॥
अभ्यवैक्षन्त राजानो भीमरूपाः समन्ततः ॥
दृष्ट्वा तु पार्थं संरब्धं वासुदेवं च मारिष ॥
प्रहसन्न् इव पुत्रस् ते योद्धुकामः समाह्वयत् ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
tau dṛṣṭvā pratisaṃrabdhau duryodhanadhanaṃjayau ||
abhyavaikṣanta rājāno bhīmarūpāḥ samantataḥ ||
dṛṣṭvā tu pārthaṃ saṃrabdhaṃ vāsudevaṃ ca māriṣa ||
prahasann iva putras te yoddhukāmaḥ samāhvayat ||
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SánscritoIASTSignificado
तौ दृष्ट्वा प्रतिसंरब्धौtau dṛṣṭvā pratisaṃrabdhauseeing those two enraged; beholding those two enraged
दुर्योधनधनंजयौduryodhanadhanaṃjayauDuryodhana and Dhananjaya; Duryodhana and Dhananjaya
अभ्यवैक्षन्त राजानःabhyavaikṣanta rājānaḥthe kings looked on; the kings gazed
भीमरूपाः समन्ततःbhīmarūpāḥ samantataḥof terrible appearance, from all sides; of terrible appearance, on every side
दृष्ट्वा तु पार्थम् संरब्धम्dṛṣṭvā tu pārtham saṃrabdhamseeing Partha enraged; beholding Partha enraged
वासुदेवम् च मारिषvāsudevam ca māriṣaand Vasudeva, O venerable one; and Vasudeva, O venerable one
प्रहसन् इव पुत्रः तेprahasan iva putraḥ teas if smiling, your son; as if laughing, your son
योद्धुकामः समाह्वयत्yoddhukāmaḥ samāhvayatwishing to fight, challenged them; eager for battle, challenged them
Traducción
Seeing those two enraged -- Duryodhana and Dhananjaya -- the kings, of terrible aspect, looked on from every side. And seeing Partha enraged, and Vasudeva too, O venerable one, your son, as if smiling, challenged them, eager for battle.
Versión
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Duryodhana, as if smiling, challenges the enraged Krishna and Arjuna to battle. A smile before the face of destruction -- whether courage or the madness of pride. It is telling that he himself seeks combat with the unconquerable. The verse teaches that pride, driven to its limit, laughs before its own ruin: one blinded by the intoxication of power neither retreats nor fears, but challenges the Lord Himself; and this smile of the doomed is no courage born of truth, but the last mask of a blindness walking toward its fate.