महाभारत · 7.51.38
॥
देवनागरी
असुरसुरमनुष्याः पक्षिणो वोरगा वा; पितृरजनिचरा वा ब्रह्मदेवर्षयो वा ॥
चरम् अचरम् अपीदं यत् परं चापि तस्मात्; तद् अपि मम रिपुं तं रक्षितुं नैव शक्ताः ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
asurasuramanuṣyāḥ pakṣiṇo voragā vā; pitṛrajanicarā vā brahmadevarṣayo vā ||
caram acaram apīdaṃ yat paraṃ cāpi tasmāt; tad api mama ripuṃ taṃ rakṣituṃ naiva śaktāḥ ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
असुरसुरमनुष्याःasurasuramanuṣyāḥasuras, suras [gods], and men; asuras, gods, and men
पक्षिणः वा उरगाः वाpakṣiṇaḥ vā uragāḥ vābirds or serpents; birds or serpents
पितृरजनिचराः वाpitṛrajanicarāḥ vāancestors [pitṛs] or night-roamers [rakshasas]; pitṛs or night-roaming creatures
ब्रह्मदेवर्षयः वाbrahmadevarṣayaḥ vāor brahma-rishis and deva-rishis; or brahma- and deva-rishis
चरम् अचरम् अपि इदम्caram acaram api idamall this moving and unmoving; all moving and unmoving
यत् परम् च अपि तस्मात्yat param ca api tasmātand whatever is beyond that; and whatever is above that
तत् अपिtat apieven they [even that]; even they
मम रिपुम् तम्mama ripum tamthat enemy of mine; that enemy of mine
रक्षितुम् न एव शक्ताःrakṣitum na eva śaktāḥare not able to protect; are not able to save
अनुवाद
"Asuras, gods, and men, birds or serpents, ancestors or night-roaming creatures, brahma-rishis and deva-rishis, all this that moves and does not move, and whatever is beyond it — even they are not able to save that enemy of mine."
संस्करण
7a65eff78692 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 3:36:52 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
In this extended triṣṭubh meter the vow attains cosmic scope: neither gods nor asuras nor sages, nor 'caram acaram,' all that moves and does not move, 'mama ripuṃ rakṣitum na śaktāḥ,' are able to save the enemy. This is no boast but the expression of an ineluctable fate that Arjuna takes upon himself to fulfill. It is telling that every tier of existence is named — from the serpents below to the brahma-rishis above: nothing in all creation will stand as a barrier. The verse teaches that when will is joined to dharma and to destiny, it gains a power before which the whole created world is powerless, for it is no longer a man who strikes but an appointed outcome.