मन्यसे यच् च कौन्तेयम् अर्जुनं श्रान्तम् आहवे ॥
तस्य वीर्यं महाबाहो शृणु सत्येन कौरव ॥
तं न देवा न गन्धर्वा न यक्षा न च राक्षसाः ॥
उत्सहन्ते रणे सोढुं कुपितं सव्यसाचिनम् ॥
खाण्डवे येन भगवान् प्रत्युद्यातः सुरेश्वरः ॥
सायकैर् वारितश् चापि वर्षमाणो महात्मना ॥
यक्षा नागास् तथा दैत्या ये चान्ये बलगर्विताः ॥
निहताः पुरुषेन्द्रेण तच् चापि विदितं तव ॥
manyase yac ca kaunteyam arjunaṃ śrāntam āhave ||
tasya vīryaṃ mahābāho śṛṇu satyena kaurava ||
taṃ na devā na gandharvā na yakṣā na ca rākṣasāḥ ||
utsahante raṇe soḍhuṃ kupitaṃ savyasācinam ||
khāṇḍave yena bhagavān pratyudyātaḥ sureśvaraḥ ||
sāyakair vāritaś cāpi varṣamāṇo mahātmanā ||
yakṣā nāgās tathā daityā ye cānye balagarvitāḥ ||
nihatāḥ puruṣendreṇa tac cāpi viditaṃ tava ||
"...I shall cast off my armor, O king, by truth I swear, touching my weapon. And if you think the son of Kunti, Arjuna, weary in battle -- hear his valor, O mighty-armed one, hear it truthfully, O Kaurava. Him neither gods, nor gandharvas, nor yakshas, nor rakshasas dare withstand in battle -- the angered Savyasachin. He by whom, in Khandava, the king of the gods [Indra] was met and repelled by arrows, though pouring down rain -- by that great-souled one the yakshas, nagas, and daityas, and others proud in strength..."
1f3351331320 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 4:58:11 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Preparing for a fatal battle, Drona nonetheless honestly extols Arjuna: neither gods nor demons can overcome him. It is telling that the teacher does not console the king with false hope, but speaks "truthfully." The verse teaches that courage is joined to truthfulness: a worthy man neither flatters nor comforts with a lie, even before death; and to acknowledge the enemy's greatness in the very hour one is called to face him is a mark of honor unbroken by either anger or doom.