संदर्शयिष्यन्न् अस्त्राणि चित्राणि च लघूनि च ॥
आर्जुनिः समरे शूरो मृदुपूर्वम् अयुध्यत ॥
वासुदेवाद् उपात्तं यद् यद् अस्त्रं च धनंजयात् ॥
अदर्शयत तत् कार्ष्णिः कृष्णाभ्याम् अविशेषयन् ॥
दूरम् अस्यन् गुरुं भारं साधयंश् च पुनः पुनः ॥
संदधद् विसृजंश् चेषून् निर्विशेषम् अदृश्यत ॥
saṃdarśayiṣyann astrāṇi citrāṇi ca laghūni ca ||
ārjuniḥ samare śūro mṛdupūrvam ayudhyata ||
vāsudevād upāttaṃ yad yad astraṃ ca dhanaṃjayāt ||
adarśayata tat kārṣṇiḥ kṛṣṇābhyām aviśeṣayan ||
dūram asyan guruṃ bhāraṃ sādhayaṃś ca punaḥ punaḥ ||
saṃdadhad visṛjaṃś ceṣūn nirviśeṣam adṛśyata ||
Displaying wondrous and nimble weapon-spells in battle, the warrior, Arjuna's son, fought gently at first. Every weapon he had acquired from Vasudeva and from Dhananjaya, the son of Krishna displayed, indistinguishable from the two Krishnas. Hurling arrows into the distance, bearing a heavy burden, mastering it time after time, nocking and releasing arrows, he appeared to the eye without interruption.
1d88b910b1da · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 3:22:09 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The boy 'fought gently at first' -- sparing before striking with full force: nobility keeps a measure even in battle, in no hurry toward the deadly blow. And in him, as in a mirror, both his teachers are reflected -- he is 'indistinguishable from the two Krishnas,' for he has absorbed the art of both Krishna and Arjuna. It is telling that the nocking and release of arrows merge into an unbroken continuity -- mastery reaches a speed at which separate motions can no longer be told apart. The verse teaches that true valor begins with gentleness, not rushing to kill; that in a worthy son shines the combined legacy of his teachers; and that perfection of skill reveals itself as a continuity in which separate efforts merge into a single stream -- the boy is the living continuation of both Krishna and Arjuna, having received the gifts of both.