एवं तु मनसा राजन् पार्थः संपूज्य कौरवम् ॥
वासुदेवं महाबाहुर् अर्जुनः प्रत्यभाषत ॥
सैन्धवासक्तदृष्टित्वान् नैनं पश्यामि माधव ॥
एष त्व् असुकरं कर्म यादवार्थे करोम्य् अहम् ॥
इत्य् उक्त्वा वचनं कुर्वन् वासुदेवस्य पाण्डवः ॥
सखड्गं यज्ञशीलस्य पत्रिणा बाहुम् अच्छिनत् ॥
evaṃ tu manasā rājan pārthaḥ saṃpūjya kauravam ||
vāsudevaṃ mahābāhur arjunaḥ pratyabhāṣata ||
saindhavāsaktadṛṣṭitvān nainaṃ paśyāmi mādhava ||
eṣa tv asukaraṃ karma yādavārthe karomy aham ||
ity uktvā vacanaṃ kurvan vāsudevasya pāṇḍavaḥ ||
sakhaḍgaṃ yajñaśīlasya patriṇā bāhum acchinat ||
Thus, in his mind, O king, having honored the Kaurava, the mighty-armed Partha Arjuna replied to Vasudeva: "Because my gaze is fixed upon Saindhava, I do not see him, O Madhava; yet this is a difficult deed I shall do for the Yadava's sake." Having said this, and fulfilling the word of Vasudeva, the Pandava cut off, with a feathered arrow, the arm -- sword in hand -- of the one devoted to sacrifice [Bhurishravas].
e8b38a19301c · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 4:25:13 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Arjuna calls his own act a "difficult deed" -- he is aware of its weight: to intervene in another's duel, to strike unseen one who was not fighting him, is a burden upon conscience, not valor for display. It is telling that what moves him is not pride but the rescue of a friend, "for the Yadava's sake." The verse teaches that there are deeds in which the duty of love commands one to transgress the ordinary measure of combat; and a conscientious man does not hide their weight but calls them difficult, taking upon himself both the burden and the answer for them.