Shloka 5
प्राग्ज्योतिषे वज्रदत्त-धनंजय-समागमः
Vajradatta Confronts Dhanaṃjaya at Prāgjyotiṣa
तदनादृत्य ते सर्वे शरैरभ्यहनंस्तदा । तमोरजोभ्यां संछन्नांस्तान् किरीटी न्यवारयत्,किंतु वे सब उनकी बातकी अवहेलना करके उन्हें बाणोंद्वारा चोट पहुँचाने लगे। तमोगुण और रजोगुणके वशीभूत हुए उन त्रिगर्तोंको किरीटीने युद्धसे रोकनेकी पूरी चेष्टा की
tad anādṛtya te sarve śarair abhyahanams tadā | tamorajo-bhyāṁ saṁchannāṁs tān kirīṭī nyavārayat ||
Ignoring his counsel, all of them then struck at him with volleys of arrows. Those Trigartas, their minds clouded by darkness and passion (tamas and rajas), were restrained by Kirīṭī (Arjuna), who strove to hold them back from the fight—seeking to curb their reckless aggression rather than merely answer it in kind.
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