यद्य् अहत्वा वयं युद्धे निवर्तेम धनंजयम् ॥
तेन चाभ्यर्दितास् त्रासाद् भवेम हि पराङ्मुखाः ॥
यदि त्व् असुकरं लोके कर्म कुर्याम संयुगे ॥
इष्टान् पुण्यकृतां लोकान् प्राप्नुयाम न संशयः ॥
एवम् उक्त्वा ततो राजंस् ते ऽभ्यवर्तन्त संयुगे ॥
आह्वयन्तो ऽर्जुनं वीराः पितृजुष्टां दिशं प्रति ॥
yady ahatvā vayaṃ yuddhe nivartema dhanaṃjayam ||
tena cābhyarditās trāsād bhavema hi parāṅmukhāḥ ||
yadi tv asukaraṃ loke karma kuryāma saṃyuge ||
iṣṭān puṇyakṛtāṃ lokān prāpnuyāma na saṃśayaḥ ||
evam uktvā tato rājaṃs te 'bhyavartanta saṃyuge ||
āhvayanto 'rjunaṃ vīrāḥ pitṛjuṣṭāṃ diśaṃ prati ||
[They declared:] '...[may we attain all those worlds] should it be that we retreat in battle without having slain Dhananjaya [Arjuna], and, being hard-pressed by him, turn our backs out of dread. But should we accomplish in battle a deed impossible for others, may we without doubt attain the longed-for worlds of those who do good.' Having spoken thus, O king, those warriors set out to the fray, challenging Arjuna, advancing toward the southern quarter favored by the ancestors.
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
These warriors take steadfastness unto death as the measure of valor — and there is truth in this: they curse flight from fear more than any other sin. Yet they challenge Arjuna 'toward the southern quarter favored by the ancestors' — the direction of Yama, of death: the very road of their vow leads to ruin. Thus the narrative hints at the outcome. The verse teaches that courage to stand firm to the end is praiseworthy even in an unrighteous cause; that revulsion at cowardice is not in itself righteousness when it serves an evil deed; and that the path chosen for an unrighteous vow leads those who swore it exactly where it points — to the abode of death, for valor given over to adharma is crowned not with glory but with destruction.