संजय उवाच
एतच् चिकीर्षितं ज्ञात्वा कर्णे मधुनिहा नृप ॥
नियोजयाम् आस तदा द्वैरथे राक्षसेश्वरम् ॥
घटोत्कचं महावीर्यं महाबुद्धिर् जनार्दनः ॥
अमोघाया विघातार्थं राजन् दुर्मन्त्रिते तव ॥
तदैव कृतकार्या हि वयं स्याम कुरूद्वह ॥
न रक्षेद् यदि कृष्णस् तं पार्थं कर्णान् महारथात् ॥
साश्वध्वजरथः संख्ये धृतराष्ट्र पतेद् भुवि ॥
विना जनार्दनं पार्थो योगानाम् ईश्वरं प्रभुम् ॥
saṃjaya uvāca
etac cikīrṣitaṃ jñātvā karṇe madhunihā nṛpa ||
niyojayām āsa tadā dvairathe rākṣaseśvaram ||
ghaṭotkacaṃ mahāvīryaṃ mahābuddhir janārdanaḥ ||
amoghāyā vighātārthaṃ rājan durmantrite tava ||
tadaiva kṛtakāryā hi vayaṃ syāma kurūdvaha ||
na rakṣed yadi kṛṣṇas taṃ pārthaṃ karṇān mahārathāt ||
sāśvadhvajarathaḥ saṃkhye dhṛtarāṣṭra pated bhuvi ||
vinā janārdanaṃ pārtho yogānām īśvaraṃ prabhum ||
Having learned this intention in Karna, O king, the slayer of Madhu [Krishna] then appointed the lord of the rakshasas, Ghatotkacha, of great valor, to the duel — the very wise Janardana, in order to thwart the unfailing dart, O king, at your ill counsel. For then indeed we would have accomplished all, O exalter of the Kurus, had Krishna not protected that Partha from Karna, the great warrior. With his horses, banner, and chariot, in battle, O Dhritarashtra, Partha would have fallen to the ground without Janardana — the lord of yogis, the master.
28dfe8301cb3 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 4:58:11 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Sanjaya states it plainly: without Krishna's protection Arjuna would have fallen. It is telling that Krishna is called "the lord of yogis, the master" — behind the human charioteer the deity shows through. The verse teaches that even the greatest of heroes is kept safe not by his own might alone but by grace from above; one whom the Lord shields is unconquerable, while one lacking that protection would fall, for all his valor, like any mortal.