आस्थाय रुचिरं जिष्णो रथं सारथिना मया ॥
कतमद् यास्यसे ऽनीकम् उक्तो यास्याम्य् अहं त्वया ॥
अर्जुन उवाच
लोहिताक्षम् अरिष्टं यं वैयाघ्रम् अनुपश्यसि ॥
नीलां पताकाम् आश्रित्य रथे तिष्ठन्तम् उत्तर ॥
कृपस्यैतद् रथानीकं प्रापयस्वैतद् एव माम् ॥
एतस्य दर्शयिष्यामि शीघ्रास्त्रं दृढधन्विनः ॥
कमण्डलुर् ध्वजे यस्य शातकुम्भमयः शुभः ॥
आचार्य एष वै द्रोणः सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरः ॥
सुप्रसन्नमना वीर कुरुष्वैनं प्रदक्षिणम् ॥
अत्रैव चाविरोधेन एष धर्मः सनातनः ॥
यदि मे प्रथमं द्रोणः शरीरे प्रहरिष्यति ॥
ततो ऽस्य प्रहरिष्यामि नास्य कोपो भविष्यति ॥
āsthāya ruciraṃ jiṣṇo rathaṃ sārathinā mayā ||
katamad yāsyase 'nīkam ukto yāsyāmy ahaṃ tvayā ||
arjuna uvāca
lohitākṣam ariṣṭaṃ yaṃ vaiyāghram anupaśyasi ||
nīlāṃ patākām āśritya rathe tiṣṭhantam uttara ||
kṛpasyaitad rathānīkaṃ prāpayasvaitad eva mām ||
etasya darśayiṣyāmi śīghrāstraṃ dṛḍhadhanvinaḥ ||
kamaṇḍalur dhvaje yasya śātakumbhamayaḥ śubhaḥ ||
ācārya eṣa vai droṇaḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ ||
suprasannamanā vīra kuruṣvainaṃ pradakṣiṇam ||
atraiva cāvirodhena eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ ||
yadi me prathamaṃ droṇaḥ śarīre prahariṣyati ||
tato 'sya prahariṣyāmi nāsya kopo bhaviṣyati ||
"Having mounted the fine chariot, Jishnu, with me as your charioteer -- to which division will you go? Wherever you say, there I will go." Arjuna said: "That red-eyed, unharmed one whom you see standing on his chariot beneath the blue banner marked with a tiger -- that is the division of Kripa's chariots. Take me there exactly. I will show that steadfast archer the swiftness of my weapons. The one on whose banner is a beautiful golden water-pot -- that is the teacher Drona, the best of all who bear weapons. With a wholly serene mind, hero, circle him keeping him to your right. Here, without enmity -- such is the eternal dharma. If Drona strikes my body first, then I will strike him; he will bear no anger for it."
74167afffe4f · प्रकाशित 16 जुल॰ 2026, 6:27:29 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Even in the midst of battle Arjuna keeps the order of reverence: one cannot approach a teacher as an ordinary enemy. Strength does not cancel the etiquette of dharma.