महाभारत · 2.20.27–28
॥
देवनागरी
देवतार्थम् उपाकृत्य राज्ञः कृष्ण कथं भयात् ॥
अहम् अद्य विमुञ्चेयं क्षात्रं व्रतम् अनुस्मरन् ॥
सैन्यं सैन्येन व्यूढेन एक एकेन वा पुनः ॥
द्वाभ्यां त्रिभिर् वा योत्स्ये ऽहं युगपत् पृथग् एव वा ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
devatārtham upākṛtya rājñaḥ kṛṣṇa kathaṃ bhayāt ||
aham adya vimuñceyaṃ kṣātraṃ vratam anusmaran ||
sainyaṃ sainyena vyūḍhena eka ekena vā punaḥ ||
dvābhyāṃ tribhir vā yotsye 'haṃ yugapat pṛthag eva vā ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
देवता-अर्थम् उपाकृत्यdevatā-artham upākṛtyahaving appointed [them] for the sake of the deity
राज्ञः कृष्ण कथम् भयात्rājñaḥ kṛṣṇa katham bhayātthe kings, O Krishna, how out of fear
अहम् अद्य विमुञ्चेयम्aham adya vimuñceyamwould I now release [them],
क्षात्रम् व्रतम् अनुस्मरन्kṣātram vratam anusmaranremembering the kshatriya vow?
सैन्यम् सैन्येन व्यूढेनsainyam sainyena vyūḍhenaarmy against arrayed army,
एकः एकेन वा पुनःekaḥ ekena vā punaḥone against one, or
द्वाभ्याम् त्रिभिः वा योत्स्ये अहम्dvābhyām tribhiḥ vā yotsye ahamwith two, with three will I fight,
युगपत् पृथक् एव वाyugapat pṛthak eva vāall at once or separately;
देवतार्थम्devatārthamoriginal form "devatārtham", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कथंkathaṃoriginal form "kathaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विमुञ्चेयंvimuñceyaṃoriginal form "vimuñceyaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
क्षात्रंkṣātraṃoriginal form "kṣātraṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सैन्यंsainyaṃoriginal form "sainyaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एकekaoriginal form "eka", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
द्वाभ्यांdvābhyāṃoriginal form "dvābhyāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
त्रिभिर्tribhiroriginal form "tribhir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽहं'haṃoriginal form "'haṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पृथग्pṛthagoriginal form "pṛthag", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुवाद
"Having appointed the kings for the sake of the deity, O Krishna, how could I now release them out of fear, remembering the kshatriya vow? Army against arrayed army, one against one, or with two, with three will I fight, all at once or separately."
संस्करण
ba5583fe6815 · प्रकाशित 16 जुल॰ 2026, 3:13:24 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here stubbornness dresses itself as false valor: 'I will not release them out of fear.' It is telling that a wrongly understood honor forbids repentance: pride prefers ruin to abandoning wrongdoing. Thus scripture shows how a perverted notion of honor destroys; and next, he prepares for battle.