Shloka 43
नपिता न च मे माता न यूयं॑ भ्रातरस्तथा । न च प्राणास्तथा रक्ष्या यथा बीभत्सुराहवे,मुझे युद्धमें अर्जुनकी रक्षा जितनी आवश्यक प्रतीत होती है, उतनी पिता, माता, तुम- जैसे भाइयों तथा अपने प्राणोंकी रक्षा भी नहीं प्रतीत होती
na pitā na ca me mātā na yūyaṁ bhrātaras tathā | na ca prāṇās tathā rakṣyā yathā bībhatsur āhave ||
Vāyu said: “Neither my father nor my mother, nor you—my brothers—are to me so much in need of protection; nor even my own life is so to be guarded, as Bībhatsu (Arjuna) must be protected in battle.”
श्रीवायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches the primacy of dharmic duty over personal ties: when a righteous cause and its key agent must be safeguarded, even family bonds and one’s own life become secondary to that obligation.
Vāyudeva declares an uncompromising resolve to protect Arjuna on the battlefield, stating that this responsibility outweighs protecting his parents, his brothers, or even his own life.