धृतराष्ट्र उवाच
तथा क्रुद्धः किम् अकरोद् भगदत्तस्य पाण्डवः ॥
प्राग्ज्योतिषो वा पार्थस्य तन् मे शंस यथातथम् ॥
संजय उवाच
प्राग्ज्योतिषेण संसक्ताव् उभौ दाशार्हपाण्डवौ ॥
मृत्योर् इवान्तिकं प्राप्तौ सर्वभूतानि मेनिरे ॥
तथा हि शरवर्षाणि पातयत्य् अनिशं प्रभो ॥
भगदत्तो गजस्कन्धात् कृष्णयोः स्यन्दनस्थयोः ॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
tathā kruddhaḥ kim akarod bhagadattasya pāṇḍavaḥ ||
prāgjyotiṣo vā pārthasya tan me śaṃsa yathātatham ||
saṃjaya uvāca
prāgjyotiṣeṇa saṃsaktāv ubhau dāśārhapāṇḍavau ||
mṛtyor ivāntikaṃ prāptau sarvabhūtāni menire ||
tathā hi śaravarṣāṇi pātayaty aniśaṃ prabho ||
bhagadatto gajaskandhāt kṛṣṇayoḥ syandanasthayoḥ ||
"So enraged — what did the Pandava do to Bhagadatta, or the Pragjyotisha to Partha? Tell me that truly." Grappling with the Pragjyotisha, all beings deemed the two of them — Krishna and the Pandava — to have drawn near the threshold of Death. For so ceaselessly, O lord, did Bhagadatta hurl down showers of arrows from the elephant's shoulder upon both Krishnas standing on the chariot.
239f1512329c · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 3:11:21 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
All beings imagine that even Krishna and Arjuna have drawn near "the threshold of Death" — such is the ferocity of Bhagadatta's onslaught. But appearance and truth diverge here: the one imagined to stand at death's door is the Lord Himself, over whom death holds no power. It is significant that the tradition calls both of them "Krishnas" — Krishna and Arjuna, inseparable as Nara and Narayana. The verse teaches that outward threat can deceive the sight even of all beings, and what seems mortal danger to another is only the manifest will of the One who plays the part of a mortal; that the closeness between the Lord and His devotee is such that they are called by one name; and that the wise do not judge fate by the appearance of battle, remembering: where others see the threshold of Death, for the devotee guarded by the Lord there is not even the shadow of true ruin.