तम् अब्रवीद् वासुदेवः किम् इदं पाण्डुनन्दन ॥
वार्यमाणो ऽपि कौन्तेय यद् युद्धान् न निवर्तसे ॥
यदि युद्धेन जेयाः स्युर् इमे कौरवनन्दनाः ॥
वयम् अप्य् अत्र युध्येम तथा चेमे नरर्षभाः ॥
रथेभ्यस् त्व् अवतीर्णास् तु सर्व एव स्म तावकाः ॥
तस्मात् त्वम् अपि कौन्तेय रथात् तूर्णम् अपाक्रम ॥
tam abravīd vāsudevaḥ kim idaṃ pāṇḍunandana ||
vāryamāṇo 'pi kaunteya yad yuddhān na nivartase ||
yadi yuddhena jeyāḥ syur ime kauravanandanāḥ ||
vayam apy atra yudhyema tathā ceme nararṣabhāḥ ||
rathebhyas tv avatīrṇās tu sarva eva sma tāvakāḥ ||
tasmāt tvam api kaunteya rathāt tūrṇam apākrama ||
Vasudeva said to him: 'What is this, scion of Pandu? Though restrained, son of Kunti, why do you not retreat from the battle? If these scions of Kuru could be overcome by battle, we too would fight here, and so too these bulls among men. But all our [allies] have gotten down from their chariots; therefore you too, son of Kunti, get down from your chariot quickly.'
0f3b9c53ddbc · publicado 19 jul 2026, 17:12:46 UTC
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Krishna admonishes Bhima with a simple argument: were the enemy conquerable by battle, would we be standing aside? It is telling that the wise show humility here -- they withdrew not from fear but from knowledge: some troubles cannot be overcome by force. The verse teaches that discerning when to fight and when to lay down arms is the highest wisdom in war; and one who can tell the conquerable from the unconquerable saves both himself and those near him -- while one who persists blindly destroys them.