Shloka 67
उन बाणोंको निकालकर वे अनुपम पराक्रमी सर्वसमर्थ श्रीकृष्ण और अर्जुन सुहृदोंसे घिरे हुए छावनीपर आये और यज्ञमें पदार्पण करनेवाले भगवान् विष्णु तथा इन्द्रके समान वे दोनों ही सुखपूर्वक शिबिरके भीतर प्रविष्ट हुए ।।
tān bāṇān nikaṣkṛtya te 'nupama-parākramau sarva-samarthau śrīkṛṣṇārjunau suhṛdbhiḥ parivṛtau chāvanīm ājagmatū; yajñe padārpaṇa-kāle bhagavantau viṣṇv-indrāv iva tau ubhau sukha-pūrvakaṃ śibirasya antar praviṣṭau ||
tau deva-gandharva-manuṣya-cāraṇaiḥ maharṣibhir yakṣa-mahoragair api |
jayābhivṛddhyā parayābhipūjitau hate tu karṇe paramāhave tadā ||
Nachdem man die Pfeile herausgezogen hatte, kehrten die beiden—Śrī Kṛṣṇa und Arjuna—von unvergleichlicher Tapferkeit und vollendeter Kraft, umringt von ihren Wohlgesinnten, ins Lager zurück. Wie Viṣṇu und Indra, die beim Opfer ihren Platz einnehmen, traten sie gelassen und in Wohlbefinden in den Pavillon ein. Als Karṇa in jener höchsten Schlacht gefallen war, erwiesen Götter, Gandharvas, Menschen, Cāraṇas, große Seher, Yakṣas und mächtige Nāgas dem Paar die höchste Ehrerbietung und riefen: „Sieg euch—möge euer Triumph wachsen!“
शल्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames martial success within a moral-cosmic order: rightful victory is not merely personal glory but is publicly affirmed by allies and symbolically by the wider universe (gods, seers, and beings). The comparison to Viṣṇu and Indra at a sacrifice suggests that disciplined action and its outcome can be viewed as a kind of sacred duty, where honor follows the fulfillment of one’s role.
After the intense fighting in which Karṇa has been killed, Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna have arrows removed and then return, surrounded by friends, to their camp and enter their pavilion calmly. Various classes of beings—divine, celestial, human, and serpent beings—offer loud acclamations of victory and pay them high honor.