महाभारत · 7.34.14–15
॥
देवनागरी
एत्य नो नार्जुनो गर्हेद् यथा तात तथा कुरु ॥
चक्रव्यूहस्य न वयं विद्म भेदं कथं चन ॥
त्वं वार्जुनो वा कृष्णो वा भिन्द्यात् प्रद्युम्न एव वा ॥
चक्रव्यूहं महाबाहो पञ्चमो ऽन्यो न विद्यते ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
etya no nārjuno garhed yathā tāta tathā kuru ||
cakravyūhasya na vayaṃ vidma bhedaṃ kathaṃ cana ||
tvaṃ vārjuno vā kṛṣṇo vā bhindyāt pradyumna eva vā ||
cakravyūhaṃ mahābāho pañcamo 'nyo na vidyate ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
एत्यetyahaving come [returning]; returning
नःnaḥus; us
नnanot; [so that] not
अर्जुनःarjunaḥArjuna; Arjuna
गर्हेत्garhetwould reproach; reproach
यथाyathāas [so that]; so that
तातtātaO dear one [son]; son
तथाtathāso; [in this] way
कुरुkurudo [act]; act
चक्रव्यूहस्यcakravyūhasyaof the wheel-array [cakravyūha]; of the wheel-array
नnanot; not
वयम्vayamwe; we
विद्मःvidmaḥknow; know
भेदम्bhedamthe breach [how to break it]; [how] to breach it
कथं चनkathaṃ canain no way whatsoever; in no way whatsoever
त्वम्tvamyou; you
वाvāor; or
अर्जुनःarjunaḥArjuna; Arjuna
वाvāor; or
कृष्णःkṛṣṇaḥKrishna; Krishna
वाvāor; or
भिन्द्यात्bhindyātcould breach [may breach]; could breach
प्रद्युम्नःpradyumnaḥPradyumna; Pradyumna
एवevaindeed; —
वाvāor; [or] else
चक्रव्यूहम्cakravyūhamthe wheel-array; the wheel-array
महाबाहोmahābāhoO mighty-armed one; O mighty-armed one
पञ्चमःpañcamaḥfifth; a fifth
अन्यःanyaḥother; other
न विद्यतेna vidyatethere is not [does not exist]; there is none
अनुवाद
"Act, son, so that Arjuna, upon returning, will not reproach us. We do not know in any way how to breach the wheel-array. You, or Arjuna, or Krishna could breach the wheel-array, or else Pradyumna, O mighty-armed one; there is no fifth other."
संस्करण
df44e0dc7248 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 3:22:09 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Yudhishthira admits his own ignorance: "we do not know how to breach the wheel." Only four in the world possess this art, and three of them are far away — the boy alone remains. Thus necessity narrows the choice to one, and to the youngest at that. It is telling that the king is also driven by fear of Arjuna's reproach — concern for honor before a brother mingles with military need. The verse teaches that there are skills only a few possess, and their absence at the needed hour becomes fatal; that the rarity of knowledge makes its bearer irreplaceable — and thereby vulnerable, for on him alone falls the unbearable; and that when necessity narrows the choice to one alone, especially to the young, it would be wiser to withdraw than to send the unprepared — but fear of reproach and the lack of any other way silence this voice of prudence.