ततो दुर्मर्षणो भीमम् अभ्यगच्छत् सुतस् तव ॥
आराद् दृष्ट्वा किरन् बाणैर् इच्छन् द्रोणस्य जीवितम् ॥
तं बाणैर् अवतस्तार क्रुद्धो मृत्युम् इवाहवे ॥
तं च भीमो ऽतुदद् बाणैस् तदासीत् तुमुलं महत् ॥
त ईश्वरसमादिष्टाः प्राज्ञाः शूराः प्रहारिणः ॥
बाह्यं मृत्युभयं कृत्वा प्रत्यतिष्ठन् परान् युधि ॥
tato durmarṣaṇo bhīmam abhyagacchat sutas tava ||
ārād dṛṣṭvā kiran bāṇair icchan droṇasya jīvitam ||
taṃ bāṇair avatastāra kruddho mṛtyum ivāhave ||
taṃ ca bhīmo 'tudad bāṇais tadāsīt tumulaṃ mahat ||
ta īśvarasamādiṣṭāḥ prājñāḥ śūrāḥ prahāriṇaḥ ||
bāhyaṃ mṛtyubhayaṃ kṛtvā pratyatiṣṭhan parān yudhi ||
Then Durmarshana, your son, beholding him from afar, advanced upon Bhima, showering him with arrows, caring for the life of Drona. Him, in rage, he covered with arrows as if he were death itself in battle; and Bhima stung him with arrows -- then came a very great tumult. Those prudent warriors, valiant fighters, at the lord's command casting away their fear of death, stood against the enemy in battle.
99a5706d1d89 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 3:11:21 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The key to all that follows lies in the words: "casting away their fear of death, they stood against the enemy." Defending Drona, these warriors count their lives as nothing -- not for the rightness of the cause, but at their lord's command and from loyalty's duty. In this self-abandonment there is true valor, though it serves an unjust side. It is telling that tradition honors the very readiness to sacrifice oneself, setting it apart from the cause it serves. This teaches that to reject the fear of death is the summit of the warrior's spirit, whoever the warrior may be; that loyalty to duty can raise a man above the strongest of fears; and that the valor of self-sacrifice is worthy of praise in itself, even when given to a cause conscience cannot approve -- for greatness of spirit and rightness of cause are two different measures.