महाभारत · 1.159.1
॥
देवनागरी
अर्जुन उवाच
कारणं ब्रूहि गन्धर्व किं तद् येन स्म धर्षिताः ॥
यान्तो ब्रह्मविदः सन्तः सर्वे रात्राव् अरिंदम ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
arjuna uvāca
kāraṇaṃ brūhi gandharva kiṃ tad yena sma dharṣitāḥ ||
yānto brahmavidaḥ santaḥ sarve rātrāv ariṃdama ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
कारणं ब्रूहि गन्धर्व किं तत् येन स्म धर्षिताःkāraṇaṃ brūhi gandharva kiṃ tat yena sma dharṣitāḥ"Tell me the reason, gandharva: what it is that we were overcome,
यान्तः ब्रह्मविदः सन्तः सर्वे रात्राव् अरिंदमyāntaḥ brahmavidaḥ santaḥ sarve rātrāv ariṃdamagoing by night, though all knowers of Brahman, O tamer of foes?"
अर्जुनarjunaoriginal form "arjuna", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तद्tadoriginal form "tad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यान्तोyāntooriginal form "yānto", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुवाद
Arjuna said: "Tell me the reason, gandharva: why were we overcome, going by night, though all of us are knowers of Brahman, O tamer of foes?"
संस्करण
9e855b2b9d7e · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 5:19:51 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here the victor humbly asks the vanquished the reason for his own vulnerability. It is telling that Arjuna, having overcome his foe, does not boast but seeks to learn: the wise draw a lesson from every occasion. Here is the humility of the truly strong -- he is ready to learn where he had been unsound. Thus the scripture shows that even victory does not remove the need to learn; and Arjuna's question opens the way to a teaching about the protection that piety provides.