विद्रुतान् रथिनो दृष्ट्वा निरुत्साहान् द्विषज्जये ॥
पलायने कृतोत्साहान् मन्ये शोचन्ति पुत्रकाः ॥
शून्यान् कृतान् रथोपस्थान् सात्वतेनार्जुनेन च ॥
हतांश् च योधान् संदृश्य मन्ये शोचन्ति पुत्रकाः ॥
व्यश्वनागरथान् दृष्ट्वा तत्र वीरान् सहस्रशः ॥
धावमानान् रणे व्यग्रान् मन्ये शोचन्ति पुत्रकाः ॥
विवीरांश् च कृतान् अश्वान् विरथांश् च कृतान् नरान् ॥
तत्र सात्यकिपार्थाभ्यां मन्ये शोचन्ति पुत्रकाः ॥
vidrutān rathino dṛṣṭvā nirutsāhān dviṣajjaye ||
palāyane kṛtotsāhān manye śocanti putrakāḥ ||
śūnyān kṛtān rathopasthān sātvatenārjunena ca ||
hatāṃś ca yodhān saṃdṛśya manye śocanti putrakāḥ ||
vyaśvanāgarathān dṛṣṭvā tatra vīrān sahasraśaḥ ||
dhāvamānān raṇe vyagrān manye śocanti putrakāḥ ||
vivīrāṃś ca kṛtān aśvān virathāṃś ca kṛtān narān ||
tatra sātyakipārthābhyāṃ manye śocanti putrakāḥ ||
"Seeing the scattered charioteers, devoid of zeal for conquering the foe, having taken up instead a zeal for flight, I think my dear sons grieve. Seeing the chariot-platforms emptied by Satvata and by Arjuna, and beholding the slain warriors, I think my dear sons grieve. Seeing there heroes by the thousands stripped of horses, elephants, and chariots, running about in battle, bewildered, I think my dear sons grieve. And seeing horses made riderless, and men made chariotless there by Satyaki and by Partha, I think my dear sons grieve."
6167c0d1ee8d · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 4:02:23 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The refrain "I think my dear sons grieve," repeated again and again, bares the father's heart: behind every image of rout stands his pain for his children. The diminutive "dear sons" betrays tenderness toward them even in their wrongdoing. It is telling that the blind love for his sons, which ruined the whole line, still sounds here as lament. The verse teaches that attachment not illumined by dharma turns into unending grief: one who trampled righteousness for the sake of his sons reaps sorrow over those very sons, and his love becomes the source of his own suffering.