तं तथाभिप्रशंसन्तम् अर्जुनं कुपितस् तदा ॥
द्रोणं तव सुतो राजन् पुनर् एवेदम् अब्रवीत् ॥
अहं दुःशासनः कर्णः शकुनिर् मातुलश् च मे ॥
हनिष्यामो ऽर्जुनं संख्ये द्वैधीकृत्याद्य भारतीम् ॥
तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा भारद्वाजो हसन्न् इव ॥
अन्ववर्तत राजानं स्वस्ति ते ऽस्त्व् इति चाब्रवीत् ॥
को हि गाण्डीवधन्वानं ज्वलन्तम् इव तेजसा ॥
अक्षयं क्षपयेत् कश् चित् क्षत्रियः क्षत्रियर्षभम् ॥
taṃ tathābhipraśaṃsantam arjunaṃ kupitas tadā ||
droṇaṃ tava suto rājan punar evedam abravīt ||
ahaṃ duḥśāsanaḥ karṇaḥ śakunir mātulaś ca me ||
haniṣyāmo 'rjunaṃ saṃkhye dvaidhīkṛtyādya bhāratīm ||
tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā bhāradvājo hasann iva ||
anvavartata rājānaṃ svasti te 'stv iti cābravīt ||
ko hi gāṇḍīvadhanvānaṃ jvalantam iva tejasā ||
akṣayaṃ kṣapayet kaś cit kṣatriyaḥ kṣatriyarṣabham ||
"...was destroyed by the son of Pandu, of us who had striven, O lord of the peoples." Him, who had thus extolled Arjuna, your son, angered then at Drona, O king, again spoke thus: "I, Duhshasana, Karna, and Shakuni, my uncle, shall slay Arjuna in battle, dividing now the Bharata army in two." Having heard that word of his, Bharadvaja, as though laughing, yielded to the king and said: "May good fortune be to you." Thus he spoke: "For who could the wielder of Gandiva, blazing, as though with power..."
a1155ff83b0c · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 4:58:11 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Duryodhana, deaf to the truth, boasts again: the four of us shall overcome Arjuna. Drona answers "as though laughing" -- a bitter smile at such self-assurance. The verse teaches that one deaf to truth persists in self-deception, and the wise have nothing left but a bitter laugh; for none are deafer than those unwilling to hear, and before impenetrable arrogance even reasonable speech falls silent, giving way to irony.