वैशंपायन उवाच
ते ऽलंकृताः कुण्डलिनो युवानः; परस्परं स्पर्धमानाः समेताः ॥
अस्त्रं बलं चात्मनि मन्यमानाः; सर्वे समुत्पेतुर् अहंकृतेन ॥
रूपेण वीर्येण कुलेन चैव; धर्मेण चैवापि च यौवनेन ॥
समृद्धदर्पा मदवेगभिन्ना; मत्ता यथा हैमवता गजेन्द्राः ॥
परस्परं स्पर्धया प्रेक्षमाणाः; संकल्पजेनापि परिप्लुताङ्गाः ॥
कृष्णा ममैषेत्य् अभिभाषमाणा; नृपासनेभ्यः सहसोपतस्थुः ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
te 'laṃkṛtāḥ kuṇḍalino yuvānaḥ; parasparaṃ spardhamānāḥ sametāḥ ||
astraṃ balaṃ cātmani manyamānāḥ; sarve samutpetur ahaṃkṛtena ||
rūpeṇa vīryeṇa kulena caiva; dharmeṇa caivāpi ca yauvanena ||
samṛddhadarpā madavegabhinnā; mattā yathā haimavatā gajendrāḥ ||
parasparaṃ spardhayā prekṣamāṇāḥ; saṃkalpajenāpi pariplutāṅgāḥ ||
kṛṣṇā mamaiṣety abhibhāṣamāṇā; nṛpāsanebhyaḥ sahasopatasthuḥ ||
Vaishampayana said: "Those adorned young men, wearing earrings, rivaling one another, thinking themselves masters of weaponry and strength, all sprang up in pride; proud of their beauty, valor, lineage, virtue, and youth, overwhelmed by the rush of passion, like mighty Himalayan elephants in rut. Looking at one another in rivalry, their bodies suffused with amorous longing, exclaiming, 'Krishna is mine!', they all rose at once from their royal seats."
1bec66872935 · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 5:37:22 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here the blindness of pride and passion shows itself. It is telling that each man, no sooner desiring her, already claims the maiden as his own: "Krishna is mine!" -- lust rushes to possess the desired object before any right to it exists. Telling, too, is the comparison to elephants in rut: passion strips men of reason, likening them to maddened beasts. Here is the bondage of desire and pride: one intoxicated with himself and his craving cannot see the truth. Thus the scripture shows a crowd of proud suitors blinded by passion -- and this very arrogance will soon be humbled by the impossible bow.