शुद्धात्मानः शुद्धवृत्ता राजन् स्वर्गपुरस्कृताः ॥
आर्यं युद्धम् अकुर्वन्त परस्परजिगीषवः ॥
शुक्लाभिजनकर्माणो मतिमन्तो जनाधिपाः ॥
धर्मयुद्धम् अयुध्यन्त प्रेक्षन्तो गतिम् उत्तमाम् ॥
न तत्रासीद् अधर्मिष्ठम् अशस्त्रं युद्धम् एव च ॥
नात्र कर्णी न नालीको न लिप्तो न च वस्तकः ॥
न सूची कपिशो नात्र न गवास्थिर् गजास्थिकः ॥
इषुर् आसीन् न संश्लिष्टो न पूतिर् न च जिह्मगः ॥
śuddhātmānaḥ śuddhavṛttā rājan svargapuraskṛtāḥ ||
āryaṃ yuddham akurvanta parasparajigīṣavaḥ ||
śuklābhijanakarmāṇo matimanto janādhipāḥ ||
dharmayuddham ayudhyanta prekṣanto gatim uttamām ||
na tatrāsīd adharmiṣṭham aśastraṃ yuddham eva ca ||
nātra karṇī na nālīko na lipto na ca vastakaḥ ||
na sūcī kapiśo nātra na gavāsthir gajāsthikaḥ ||
iṣur āsīn na saṃśliṣṭo na pūtir na ca jihmagaḥ ||
Pure of soul, pure of nature, O king, with heaven set before them, they waged noble battle, longing to overcome one another. Of pure lineage and deeds, the wise lords of men waged battle according to dharma, looking toward the highest path. There was no lawlessness there, nor battle without proper weapons; neither barbed nor tubular arrow here, neither poisoned nor blunt, neither needle-pointed nor brown here, nor with cow-bone or elephant-bone tip. There was no barbed arrow, neither rotten nor crooked-flying.
a63fcff8fe42 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 5:08:17 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The verse presents the image of 'noble battle,' dharmayuddha: those pure of heart fight with pure weapons, without poison, without treacherous arrows. It is telling that amid the general ferocity a righteous combat remains possible. The verse teaches that even war knows its own dharma: there are rules distinguishing honest battle from slaughter; and one who fights cleanly, looking toward the highest path, sanctifies even combat — for it is not the weapon itself but the spirit and the means that decide whether a cause is righteous.