वैशंपायन उवाच
एतच् छ्रुत्वा तु कौन्तेयः सर्वान् भ्रातॄन् उपह्वरे ॥
आहूय भरतश्रेष्ठ इदं वचनम् अब्रवीत् ॥
धार्तराष्ट्रस्य सैन्येषु ये चारपुरुषा मम ॥
ते प्रवृत्तिं प्रयच्छन्ति ममेमां व्युषितां निशाम् ॥
दुर्योधनः किलापृच्छद् आपगेयं महाव्रतम् ॥
केन कालेन पाण्डूनां हन्याः सैन्यम् इति प्रभो ॥
मासेनेति च तेनोक्तो धार्तराष्ट्रः सुदुर्मतिः ॥
तावता चापि कालेन द्रोणो ऽपि प्रत्यजानत ॥
गौतमो द्विगुणं कालम् उक्तवान् इति नः श्रुतम् ॥
द्रौणिस् तु दशरात्रेण प्रतिजज्ञे महास्त्रवित् ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
etac chrutvā tu kaunteyaḥ sarvān bhrātṝn upahvare ||
āhūya bharataśreṣṭha idaṃ vacanam abravīt ||
dhārtarāṣṭrasya sainyeṣu ye cārapuruṣā mama ||
te pravṛttiṃ prayacchanti mamemāṃ vyuṣitāṃ niśām ||
duryodhanaḥ kilāpṛcchad āpageyaṃ mahāvratam ||
kena kālena pāṇḍūnāṃ hanyāḥ sainyam iti prabho ||
māseneti ca tenokto dhārtarāṣṭraḥ sudurmatiḥ ||
tāvatā cāpi kālena droṇo 'pi pratyajānata ||
gautamo dviguṇaṃ kālam uktavān iti naḥ śrutam ||
drauṇis tu daśarātreṇa pratijajñe mahāstravit ||
Vaishampayana said: 'Having heard this, the son of Kunti, O best of the Bharatas, called all his brothers aside to a secluded place and spoke these words: "My spies among the troops of Dhritarashtra's son bring me news of this past night. Duryodhana, it is said, asked the great-vowed son of the river: 'O lord, in what time will you destroy the army of the sons of Pandu?' He answered the evil-minded son of Dhritarashtra: 'In a month.' Drona too promised the same span of time. We have heard that Gautama named twice that time. The son of Drona, the master of great weapons, promised to do it in ten nights."'
ce9afc23008e · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 6:41:26 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
This chapter reveals a different kind of confidence: not Karna's boasting, but Arjuna's quiet knowledge of his own strength and of the limits within which it should be used. He acknowledges the might of Bhishma, Drona, Kripa, Ashvatthaman, and Karna, yet points to the Pashupata weapon received from Shiva as a power that surpasses ordinary warfare. Even so, Arjuna has no intention of turning divine weapons against common soldiers: victory must be won by honest battle. Here the dharma of the warrior comes into view -- one who wields destructive power yet does not let it override his conscience.