ततो ऽभिमन्युस् तां वाचं कदर्थीकृत्य सारथेः ॥
याहीत्य् एवाब्रवीद् एनं द्रोणानीकाय माचिरम् ॥
ततः संचोदयाम् आस हयान् अस्य त्रिहायनान् ॥
नातिहृष्टमनाः सूतो हेमभाण्डपरिच्छदान् ॥
ते प्रेषिताः सुमित्रेण द्रोणानीकाय वाजिनः ॥
द्रोणम् अभ्यद्रवन् राजन् महावेगपराक्रमाः ॥
tato 'bhimanyus tāṃ vācaṃ kadarthīkṛtya sāratheḥ ||
yāhīty evābravīd enaṃ droṇānīkāya māciram ||
tataḥ saṃcodayām āsa hayān asya trihāyanān ||
nātihṛṣṭamanāḥ sūto hemabhāṇḍaparicchadān ||
te preṣitāḥ sumitreṇa droṇānīkāya vājinaḥ ||
droṇam abhyadravan rājan mahāvegaparākramāḥ ||
Then Abhimanyu, rejecting that speech of the charioteer, only said to him: «Drive toward Drona's army, without delay!» Then the charioteer, with reluctance, drove his three-year-old horses in golden trappings. Those steeds, let loose by Sumitra toward Drona's army, sped at Drona, O king, with great speed and might.
4c5adccbada5 · 发布于 2026年7月19日 15:22:09 UTC
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The charioteer obeys 'with reluctance' — a servant is not free to decide, yet he does not hide his sorrow. Thus shows itself the bitterness of a subordinate carrying out a command his heart condemns. It is telling that the wise man's warning is rejected by youthful impulse, and the horses now carry the youth toward his fate. The verse teaches that not every duty performed is pleasing to the one who performs it — a servant may drive his master where he would rather not go; that counsel rejected by prudence does not cease to be true for having gone unheeded; and that in this 'reluctance' of the charioteer, forced to drive the horses toward doom, sounds a mute reproach of haste — yet the wheel has already begun to turn, and stopping it lies beyond the power of the one who holds the reins.