महाभारत · 1.142.26–27
॥
देवनागरी
अर्जुन उवाच
अथ वा मन्यसे भारं त्वम् इमं राक्षसं युधि ॥
करोमि तव साहाय्यं शीघ्रम् एव निहन्यताम् ॥
अथ वाप्य् अहम् एवैनं हनिष्यामि वृकोदर ॥
कृतकर्मा परिश्रान्तः साधु तावद् उपारम ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
arjuna uvāca
atha vā manyase bhāraṃ tvam imaṃ rākṣasaṃ yudhi ||
karomi tava sāhāyyaṃ śīghram eva nihanyatām ||
atha vāpy aham evainaṃ haniṣyāmi vṛkodara ||
kṛtakarmā pariśrāntaḥ sādhu tāvad upārama ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
अथ वा मन्यसे भारं त्वम् इमं राक्षसं युधिatha vā manyase bhāraṃ tvam imaṃ rākṣasaṃ yudhi"But if you find this rakshasa a burden in the fight,
करोमि तव साहाय्यं शीघ्रम् एव निहन्यताम्karomi tava sāhāyyaṃ śīghram eva nihanyatāmI will give you help — let him be quickly slain;
अथ वा अपि अहम् एव एनं हनिष्यामि वृकोदरatha vā api aham eva enaṃ haniṣyāmi vṛkodaraor else I myself will kill him, O Vrikodara;
कृतकर्मा परिश्रान्तः साधु तावत् उपारमkṛtakarmā pariśrāntaḥ sādhu tāvat upāramayou have done your work and are weary — well then, rest for now."
अर्जुनarjunaoriginal form "arjuna", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वाप्य्vāpyoriginal form "vāpy", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एवैनंevainaṃoriginal form "evainaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तावद्tāvadoriginal form "tāvad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुवाद
Arjuna said: "But if you find this rakshasa a burden in the fight, I will give you help — let him be quickly slain; or else I myself will kill him, O Vrikodara. You have done your work and are weary — well then, rest for now."
संस्करण
ce43ce201832 · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 5:09:57 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here Arjuna's brotherly care shows itself once more. It is telling that he offers not only help but to take the very labor upon himself, so that the weary Bhima might rest: love does not reckon whose the credit is, but attends to the brother. Here is the selflessness of true kinship: each is glad to serve the other and to take up his burden. The verse shows that in a family of the righteous there is no rivalry for glory — only readiness to lighten a kinsman's load; and this very care is dearer than victory itself.