द्वाव् एव तु महाराज तस्माद् युद्धाद् व्यपेयतुः ॥
रौहिणेयश् च वार्ष्णेयो रुक्मी च वसुधाधिपः ॥
गते रामे तीर्थयात्रां भीष्मकस्य सुते तथा ॥
उपाविशन् पाण्डवेया मन्त्राय पुनर् एव हि ॥
समितिर् धर्मराजस्य सा पार्थिवसमाकुला ॥
शुशुभे तारकाचित्रा द्यौश् चन्द्रेणेव भारत ॥
dvāv eva tu mahārāja tasmād yuddhād vyapeyatuḥ ||
rauhiṇeyaś ca vārṣṇeyo rukmī ca vasudhādhipaḥ ||
gate rāme tīrthayātrāṃ bhīṣmakasya sute tathā ||
upāviśan pāṇḍaveyā mantrāya punar eva hi ||
samitir dharmarājasya sā pārthivasamākulā ||
śuśubhe tārakācitrā dyauś candreṇeva bhārata ||
Thus, O great king, only two withdrew from that war: the Varshneya, son of Rohini, and King Rukmi, lord of the earth. When Rama had gone on a pilgrimage to the tirthas, and Bhishmaka's son had likewise departed, the Pandavas again sat down in council. That assembly of Dharmaraja, thronged with kings, shone, O Bharata, like the sky spangled with stars and adorned with the moon.
dd1b8edfa175 · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 6:17:52 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Rukmi arrives as an ally, but his speech reveals not service to dharma but self-assurance and a wish to display his own strength. Arjuna's answer is not empty pride: he reminds him that his support has already been proven in battle, and it consists not in some chance helper but in Krishna, in divine weapons, in his teachers, and in his own responsibility as a kshatriya. That is why both the Pandavas and Duryodhana are left without Rukmi: the war is purified of ostentatious support that carries no inner loyalty.