ततो ऽस्य केशान् सव्येन गृहीत्वा पाणिना तदा ॥
पार्षतः क्रोशमानानां वीराणाम् अच्छिनच् छिरः ॥
न हन्तव्यो न हन्तव्य इति ते सर्वतो ऽब्रुवन् ॥
तथैव चार्जुनो वाहाद् अवरुह्यैनम् आद्रवत् ॥
उद्यम्य बाहू त्वरितो ब्रुवाणश् च पुनः पुनः ॥
जीवन्तम् आनयाचार्यं मा वधीर् इति धर्मवित् ॥
tato 'sya keśān savyena gṛhītvā pāṇinā tadā ||
pārṣataḥ krośamānānāṃ vīrāṇām acchinac chiraḥ ||
na hantavyo na hantavya iti te sarvato 'bruvan ||
tathaiva cārjuno vāhād avaruhyainam ādravat ||
udyamya bāhū tvarito bruvāṇaś ca punaḥ punaḥ ||
jīvantam ānayācāryaṃ mā vadhīr iti dharmavit ||
"Then, seizing his hair with the left hand, Parshata [Dhrishtadyumna], amid the cries of the heroes, cut off his head. 'He must not be slain, he must not be slain' -- they cried from every side; and Arjuna, descending from his chariot, rushed toward him. Raising his arms, hastening, saying again and again: 'Bring the Acharya alive, do not kill him' -- the knower of dharma."
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Once more the chorus "he must not be killed!" rings out, and Arjuna's impulse to save his teacher -- but the blow is already inevitable. It is telling that this scene's repetition in Kripa's mouth deepens its bitterness: what should never have been allowed happened before everyone's eyes. The verse teaches that the collective voice of conscience is powerless unless embodied in timely action; and Arjuna, "the knower of dharma," remains a witness to a wrong he longed for but failed in time to prevent -- a lesson on the gulf between good words and a deed that comes too late.