तम् अश्रौषम् अहं गत्वा यथा वृत्तः सुदुर्मतिः ॥
मयि कौरव्य दुष्टात्मा मार्त्तिकावतको नृपः ॥
ततो ऽहम् अपि कौरव्य रोषव्याकुललोचनः ॥
निश्चित्य मनसा राजन् वधायास्य मनो दधे ॥
आनर्तेषु विमर्दं च क्षेपं चात्मनि कौरव ॥
प्रवृद्धम् अवलेपं च तस्य दुष्कृतकर्मणः ॥
ततः सौभवधायाहं प्रतस्थे पृथिवीपते ॥
स मया सागरावर्ते दृष्ट आसीत् परीप्सता ॥
ततः प्रध्माप्य जलजं पाञ्चजन्यम् अहं नृप ॥
आहूय शाल्वं समरे युद्धाय समवस्थितः ॥
सुमुहूर्तम् अभूद् युद्धं तत्र मे दानवैः सह ॥
वशीभूताश् च मे सर्वे भूतले च निपातिताः ॥
एतत् कार्यं महाबाहो येनाहं नागमं तदा ॥
श्रुत्वैव हास्तिनपुरं द्यूतं चाविनयोत्थितम् ॥
tam aśrauṣam ahaṃ gatvā yathā vṛttaḥ sudurmatiḥ ||
mayi kauravya duṣṭātmā mārttikāvatako nṛpaḥ ||
tato 'ham api kauravya roṣavyākulalocanaḥ ||
niścitya manasā rājan vadhāyāsya mano dadhe ||
ānarteṣu vimardaṃ ca kṣepaṃ cātmani kaurava ||
pravṛddham avalepaṃ ca tasya duṣkṛtakarmaṇaḥ ||
tataḥ saubhavadhāyāhaṃ pratasthe pṛthivīpate ||
sa mayā sāgarāvarte dṛṣṭa āsīt parīpsatā ||
tataḥ pradhmāpya jalajaṃ pāñcajanyam ahaṃ nṛpa ||
āhūya śālvaṃ samare yuddhāya samavasthitaḥ ||
sumuhūrtam abhūd yuddhaṃ tatra me dānavaiḥ saha ||
vaśībhūtāś ca me sarve bhūtale ca nipātitāḥ ||
etat kāryaṃ mahābāho yenāhaṃ nāgamaṃ tadā ||
śrutvaiva hāstinapuraṃ dyūtaṃ cāvinayotthitam ||
"Having returned, I heard how this evil-minded king of Marttikavata had acted in my absence. Seeing the ravaging of the Anartas, the challenge made to me, and the swollen arrogance of the evildoer, I resolved in wrath to kill him. I set out against Saubha and, in pursuit, saw it at the ocean's whirlpool. Blowing my conch Panchajanya, I challenged Shalva and stood ready for battle. For quite some time I fought there with the Danavas; all of them were subdued by me and struck down upon the ground. This, O mighty-armed one, is the task on account of which I did not come then. But the moment I heard of Hastinapura and the game born of misconduct, I hastened to you."
cc81b1774ef0 · प्रकाशित 16 जुल॰ 2026, 4:44:34 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Krishna's explanation settles the outward question but leaves an inner lesson: even when the Lord is defending one front, people are not freed from the duty to guard dharma in their own place. Krishna's absence from the hall does not excuse those who saw adharma and stayed silent.