महाभारत · 7.50.44–45
॥
देवनागरी
एवं विलप्य बहुधा भिन्नपोतो वणिग् यथा ॥
दुःखेन महताविष्टो युधिष्ठिरम् अपृच्छत ॥
कच्चित् स कदनं कृत्वा परेषां पाण्डुनन्दन ॥
स्वर्गतो ऽभिमुखः संख्ये युध्यमानो नरर्षभः ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
evaṃ vilapya bahudhā bhinnapoto vaṇig yathā ||
duḥkhena mahatāviṣṭo yudhiṣṭhiram apṛcchata ||
kaccit sa kadanaṃ kṛtvā pareṣāṃ pāṇḍunandana ||
svargato 'bhimukhaḥ saṃkhye yudhyamāno nararṣabhaḥ ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
एवम् विलप्य बहुधाevam vilapya bahudhāthus lamenting in many ways; thus wailing repeatedly
भिन्नपोतः वणिक् यथाbhinnapotaḥ vaṇik yathālike a merchant whose ship is wrecked; like a merchant whose vessel is broken
दुःखेन महता आविष्टःduḥkhena mahatā āviṣṭaḥovercome by great grief; seized by great sorrow
युधिष्ठिरम् अपृच्छतyudhiṣṭhiram apṛcchatahe asked Yudhishthira; he questioned Yudhishthira
कच्चित्kaccitis it not so; is it indeed so
सःsaḥhe [Abhimanyu]; he
कदनम् कृत्वाkadanam kṛtvāhaving wrought slaughter; having made a massacre
परेषाम्pareṣāmamong the enemy; among the foes
पाण्डुनन्दनpāṇḍunandanaO joy of Pandu [Yudhishthira]; O son of Pandu
स्वर्गतःsvargataḥwent to heaven [attained heaven]; ascended to heaven
अभिमुखः संख्येabhimukhaḥ saṃkhyefacing [the enemy] in battle; facing the foe in battle
युध्यमानः नरर्षभःyudhyamānaḥ nararṣabhaḥfighting, bull among men; the fighting bull among men
अनुवाद
Thus wailing repeatedly, like a merchant whose vessel is broken, seized by great sorrow, he questioned Yudhishthira: "Is it indeed so, that he, having made a massacre among the foes, O son of Pandu, ascended to heaven — facing the foe in battle, fighting, that bull among men?"
संस्करण
e9ee3726daa4 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 3:30:04 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The image of "bhinnapotaḥ vaṇik," "a merchant whose vessel is broken," is exact: all the wealth of love is sunk at once. And yet Arjuna's first question is not how he died, but whether righteously: "abhimukhaḥ saṃkhye yudhyamānaḥ," "facing the foe, fighting." For a kshatriya, more important than death itself is meeting it without turning one's face away. It is telling that even in the depths of grief the father seeks comfort in his son's righteousness, not in vengeance. The verse teaches that faith turns the first question of grief from "why" to "was it worthy," and in this already begins to heal.