पुरुषश् चाप्रमेयात्मा शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः ॥
चतुर्भुजः पीतवासा श्यामः पद्मायतेक्षणः ॥
यः स याति पुरस्तान् मे रथस्य सुमहाद्युतिः ॥
प्रदहन् रिपुसैन्यानि न पश्याम्य् अहम् अद्य तम् ॥
येन पूर्वं प्रदग्धानि शत्रुसैन्यानि तेजसा ॥
शरैर् गाण्डीवनिर्मुक्तैर् अहं पश्चाद् व्यनाशयम् ॥
तम् अपश्यन् विषीदामि घूर्णामीव च सत्तम ॥
परिनिर्विण्णचेताश् च शान्तिं नोपलभे ऽपि च ॥
विना जनार्दनं वीरं नाहं जीवितुम् उत्सहे ॥
श्रुत्वैव हि गतं विष्णुं ममापि मुमुहुर् दिशः ॥
प्रनष्टज्ञातिवीर्यस्य शून्यस्य परिधावतः ॥
उपदेष्टुं मम श्रेयो भवान् अर्हति सत्तम ॥
puruṣaś cāprameyātmā śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ ||
caturbhujaḥ pītavāsā śyāmaḥ padmāyatekṣaṇaḥ ||
yaḥ sa yāti purastān me rathasya sumahādyutiḥ ||
pradahan ripusainyāni na paśyāmy aham adya tam ||
yena pūrvaṃ pradagdhāni śatrusainyāni tejasā ||
śarair gāṇḍīvanirmuktair ahaṃ paścād vyanāśayam ||
tam apaśyan viṣīdāmi ghūrṇāmīva ca sattama ||
parinirviṇṇacetāś ca śāntiṃ nopalabhe 'pi ca ||
vinā janārdanaṃ vīraṃ nāhaṃ jīvitum utsahe ||
śrutvaiva hi gataṃ viṣṇuṃ mamāpi mumuhur diśaḥ ||
pranaṣṭajñātivīryasya śūnyasya paridhāvataḥ ||
upadeṣṭuṃ mama śreyo bhavān arhati sattama ||
And that immeasurable Man — holding the conch, the discus, and the mace, four-armed, clad in yellow raiment, dark of complexion, with elongated lotus eyes — who walked before my chariot in blazing radiance, incinerating the enemy armies — him I see no more. The enemy armies he had first consumed by his power, I afterward destroyed with arrows released from the Gandiva. Not seeing him, I am cast down and stagger as though lost, O good one; my mind is despondent and I find no peace. Without the hero Janardana I dare not live; for upon hearing of Vishnu's departure, the very directions grew dark before me. Bereft of kindred and strength, desolate and wandering — deign, O good one, to instruct me in what is good.
8c1088740b6c · प्रकाशित 21 जून 2026, 1:40:00 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here the secret of all Arjuna's victories is revealed: before his chariot it was the four-armed Lord Himself who walked, "incinerating the enemy armies," while the hero merely "destroyed afterward" those already laid low by His power. Thus it is disclosed that all the warrior's glory was the Lord's doing, acting before him. Now, no longer seeing Him, Arjuna "dares not live" — for He alone was the support of life. The verse teaches that behind all the victories and strength of the devotee the Lord Himself acts unseen, and what remains for the person is only what God has already accomplished before him; and that one who has seen this truth understands: without the Lord, life has neither strength nor meaning, and therefore all the soul's striving must be directed not toward one's own achievements but toward the One who alone is their true author.