स चापि चिंतयामास कृतप्रतिकृतक्रियाम् । धिगस्तु पौरुषं मह्यं प्रभोरग्रेसरः कथम्
sa cāpi ciṃtayāmāsa kṛtapratikṛtakriyām | dhigastu pauruṣaṃ mahyaṃ prabhoragresaraḥ katham
Er dachte über die Tat und die Gegentat nach. ‚Schande über meine Tapferkeit! Wie konnte ich es wagen, vor dem Ersten des Herrn zu stehen?‘
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating; internal monologue of Grasana
Scene: A warrior pauses amid battlefield dust, head bowed, eyes inward, hands slackened—his pride broken as he contemplates standing before the Lord’s foremost champion.
Recognition of one’s limits before divine authority is the doorway to humility and dharmic self-correction.
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