अधरोत्तरम् एतद् वा लोकानां वा पराभवः ॥
यद् इमौ जीवतः कृष्णौ कालो हि दुरतिक्रमः ॥
नासुरामरगन्धर्वा न पिशाचा न राक्षसाः ॥
न सर्पयक्षपतगा न मनुष्याः कथं चन ॥
उत्सहन्ते ऽन्यथा कर्तुम् एतद् अस्त्रं मयेरितम् ॥
तद् इदं केवलं हत्वा युक्ताम् अक्षौहिणीं ज्वलत् ॥
केनेमौ मर्त्यधर्माणौ नावधीत् केशवार्जुनौ ॥
एतत् प्रब्रूहि भगवन् मया पृष्टो यथातथम् ॥
adharottaram etad vā lokānāṃ vā parābhavaḥ ||
yad imau jīvataḥ kṛṣṇau kālo hi duratikramaḥ ||
nāsurāmaragandharvā na piśācā na rākṣasāḥ ||
na sarpayakṣapatagā na manuṣyāḥ kathaṃ cana ||
utsahante 'nyathā kartum etad astraṃ mayeritam ||
tad idaṃ kevalaṃ hatvā yuktām akṣauhiṇīṃ jvalat ||
kenemau martyadharmāṇau nāvadhīt keśavārjunau ||
etat prabrūhi bhagavan mayā pṛṣṭo yathātatham ||
"Is this an inversion of order, or the ruin of the worlds, that these two Krishnas live? For Time is hard to overcome. Neither asuras, immortals [gods], gandharvas, nor pishachas, nor rakshasas, nor serpents, yakshas, birds, nor humans in any way are able to render otherwise this weapon released by me; and it, having slain a whole akshauhini in its blazing — by whom are these two of mortal nature kept, that Keshava and Arjuna are not slain? Tell me this, O Bhagavan, as I have asked, exactly as it is."
15744e7a4dbd · 发布于 2026年7月19日 17:12:46 UTC
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Ashvatthaman cannot grasp how "two mortals" survived where even gods would not have withstood the weapon: reason runs up against a mystery. His insight — "Time is hard to overcome" — is telling: behind events he senses the working of a higher will. The verse teaches that there are limits before which reason recognizes its own insufficiency; and the honest plea "tell me as it is" is the beginning of wisdom, for it acknowledges that truth exceeds human calculation.