मन्ये ऽहं पाण्डवान् सर्वान् भारद्वाजशरार्दितान् ॥
शिशिरे कम्पमाना वै कृशा गाव इवाभिभो ॥
प्रविश्य स महेष्वासः पाञ्चालान् अरिमर्दनः ॥
कथं नु पुरुषव्याघ्रः पञ्चत्वम् उपजग्मिवान् ॥
सर्वेषु सैन्येषु च संगतेषु; रात्रौ समेतेषु महारथेषु ॥
संलोड्यमानेषु पृथग्विधेषु; के वस् तदानीं मतिमन्त आसन् ॥
हतांश् चैव विषक्तांश् च पराभूतांश् च शंससि ॥
रथिनो विरथांश् चैव कृतान् युद्धेषु मामकान् ॥
कथम् एषां तदा तत्र पार्थानाम् अपलायिनाम् ॥
प्रकाशम् अभवद् रात्रौ कथं कुरुषु संजय ॥
manye 'haṃ pāṇḍavān sarvān bhāradvājaśarārditān ||
śiśire kampamānā vai kṛśā gāva ivābhibho ||
praviśya sa maheṣvāsaḥ pāñcālān arimardanaḥ ||
kathaṃ nu puruṣavyāghraḥ pañcatvam upajagmivān ||
sarveṣu sainyeṣu ca saṃgateṣu; rātrau sameteṣu mahāratheṣu ||
saṃloḍyamāneṣu pṛthagvidheṣu; ke vas tadānīṃ matimanta āsan ||
hatāṃś caiva viṣaktāṃś ca parābhūtāṃś ca śaṃsasi ||
rathino virathāṃś caiva kṛtān yuddheṣu māmakān ||
katham eṣāṃ tadā tatra pārthānām apalāyinām ||
prakāśam abhavad rātrau kathaṃ kuruṣu saṃjaya ||
"I think that all the Pandavas, tormented by the arrows of Bharadvaja, trembled like emaciated cows in the cold, o lord. Having entered among the Panchalas, that great archer, crusher of foes — how did the man-tiger come to his death? When all the armies clashed at night, when the maharathas gathered, when the varied hosts were churned up — who among you kept their senses then? You speak of the slain, and those entangled in battle, and the defeated, and warriors made chariotless in the fighting — mine. How was there light at night for these Parthas who did not flee, and how also for the Kurus, Sanjaya?"
744bd0b3612f · publicado 19 jul 2026, 16:31:38 UTC
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Among the questions a practical one surfaces: where did the light in the night battle come from? — alongside the king's pride, which imagines the Pandavas as "trembling cows." It is telling that Dhritarashtra still hopes, against all the news of defeats. The verse teaches that hope fed by desire holds on against the evidence; and one who hears only of his own losses still clings to the image of a trembling enemy — for fear does not want to believe in the strength of the opponent.