उपपन्नं महाबाहो त्वयि पाण्डवनन्दन ॥
पाकशासनदायादे वीर्यम् आहवशोभिनि ॥
अहं सखा सुरेन्द्रस्य शक्राद् अनवमो रणे ॥
न च शक्नोमि ते तात स्थातुं प्रमुखतो युधि ॥
किम् ईप्सितं पाण्डवेय ब्रूहि किं करवाणि ते ॥
यद् वक्ष्यसि महाबाहो तत् करिष्यामि पुत्रक ॥
upapannaṃ mahābāho tvayi pāṇḍavanandana ||
pākaśāsanadāyāde vīryam āhavaśobhini ||
ahaṃ sakhā surendrasya śakrād anavamo raṇe ||
na ca śaknomi te tāta sthātuṃ pramukhato yudhi ||
kim īpsitaṃ pāṇḍaveya brūhi kiṃ karavāṇi te ||
yad vakṣyasi mahābāho tat kariṣyāmi putraka ||
"Fitting, O mighty-armed one, delight of Pandu, heir of Pakashasana [Indra], is the valor that adorns you in battle. I am the friend of the lord of the gods, not inferior to Shakra in combat, and yet I cannot, dear one, stand before you. What do you desire, O Pandava? Tell me what I should do for you; whatever you say, O mighty-armed one, that I shall do, my son."
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Bhagadatta acknowledges Arjuna's superiority without wounded pride, and calls him "son" — the defeated is not humiliated but shown fatherly affection. It is notable that a friend of Indra yields to the heir of Indra: dignity recognizes dignity, and even in defeat there shines goodwill. The verse teaches that true strength has no need to humiliate the defeated, and true nobility knows how to yield without malice; thus enmity, meeting valor and courtesy, is transformed into affection.