Shloka 25
Gaṅgādvāra-tīrtha, Ulūpī-saṃvāda, and Arjuna’s Dharma-Deliberation (गङ्गाद्वार-तीर्थम्, उलूपी-संवादः)
॥४ जी हक प्लक््ज्जा है ही न््ज बल नस गा. कर 8 8 प * | .] ॥ 0 | 0 ्ू-॑ ५ | (लक । /] # | 0 5 नि | श' रे >.9 हह +-+। नी ना - 88808 | 8 न च वो वसतत्तत्र कश्चिच्छक्त: प्रबाधितुम् संरक्ष्यमाणान् पार्थेन त्रिदशानिव वज्चिणा
na ca vo vasat tatra kaścid śaktaḥ prabādhitum | saṃrakṣyamāṇān pārthena tridaśān iva vajriṇā ||
And while you dwell there, no one will be able to harass or overpower you—protected by Pārtha (Arjuna), just as the gods are protected by the wielder of the thunderbolt (Indra). The speaker assures safety through righteous guardianship and the deterrent power of a divinely comparable protector.
घतयाट्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes the ethical ideal of protective guardianship: when the righteous and capable stand as protectors, the vulnerable can live without fear. It frames such protection as a dharmic duty and elevates it through a divine analogy—Arjuna’s guardianship is likened to Indra’s safeguarding of the gods.
The speaker reassures a group (addressed as 'you all') that in the place where they will reside, no one will be able to trouble them, because Arjuna will be guarding them—just as Indra, armed with the thunderbolt, protects the gods.