महाभारत · 7.67.33–34
॥
देवनागरी
न लेभाते तु तौ द्वारं वारितौ कृतवर्मणा ॥
धार्तराष्ट्रेष्व् अनीकेषु यतमानौ नरर्षभौ ॥
अनीकान्य् अर्दयन् युद्धे त्वरितः श्वेतवाहनः ॥
नावधीत् कृतवर्माणं प्राप्तम् अप्य् अरिसूदनः ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
na lebhāte tu tau dvāraṃ vāritau kṛtavarmaṇā ||
dhārtarāṣṭreṣv anīkeṣu yatamānau nararṣabhau ||
anīkāny ardayan yuddhe tvaritaḥ śvetavāhanaḥ ||
nāvadhīt kṛtavarmāṇaṃ prāptam apy arisūdanaḥ ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
न लेभाते तु तौ द्वारम्na lebhāte tu tau dvāramyet those two did not find a passage; yet those two did not find a way through
वारितौ कृतवर्मणाvāritau kṛtavarmaṇāheld back by Kritavarman; held back by Kritavarman
धार्तराष्ट्रेषु अनीकेषुdhārtarāṣṭreṣu anīkeṣuamid the ranks of Dhritarashtra; amid the ranks of Dhartarashtra's men
यतमानौ नरर्षभौyatamānau nararṣabhaustriving, the two bulls among men; striving, the two bulls among men
अनीकानि अर्दयन् युद्धेanīkāni ardayan yuddhebut crushing the ranks in battle; yet pressing the ranks in the fight
त्वरितः श्वेतवाहनःtvaritaḥ śvetavāhanaḥthe swift white-horsed one; the swift white-horsed one
न अवधीत् कृतवर्माणम्na avadhīt kṛtavarmāṇamdid not slay Kritavarman; did not slay Kritavarman
प्राप्तम् अपि अरिसूदनःprāptam api arisūdanaḥthough overtaken, the slayer of foes; though overtaken, the destroyer of foes
अनुवाद
Yet those two, the bulls among men, held back by Kritavarman, found no passage through amid the ranks of Dhritarashtra's men, however they strove. But the swift white-horsed one, crushing the ranks in battle, the slayer of foes, did not slay Kritavarman, though he had overtaken him.
संस्करण
3809ee6b2683 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 3:45:02 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
It is telling: Arjuna "na avadhīt kṛtavarmāṇaṃ prāptam api", "did not slay Kritavarman, though he had overtaken him". Even Krishna's counsel not to be gentle he fulfills only to the measure the goal requires: he lays low a kinsman but does not finish him. His aim is Jayadratha, not the slaughter of all. The verse teaches that the righteous warrior does not multiply deaths beyond need: having the power to kill, he spares one whose death would not serve the purpose; and restraint even in the midst of battle is a sign that duty, not thirst for blood, moves him, and that he strikes only where it is necessary.