Shloka 143
Śalya Appointed as Karṇa’s Sārathi; Discourse on Praise, Blame, and Beneficial Counsel (कर्णस्य शल्यसारथ्यं तथा स्तवनिन्दाविचारः)
अवध्यं ब्राह्मण मन्ये येन ते विक्रमो हतः । 'जैसे कोई शक्तिशाली पुरुष समुद्रसे नदीके वेगको पीछे लौटा दे, उसी प्रकार मैं आपके इस रथको तुरंत लौटा ले चलूँगा। मेरी समझमें ये ब्राह्मण देवता अवध्य हैं, जिनसे आज आपका पराक्रम प्रतिहत हो गया”
avadhyaṃ brāhmaṇa manye yena te vikramo hataḥ | yathā kaścid balavān puruṣaḥ samudrāt nadī-vegaṃ pratihanyāt, tathāham etad rathaṃ te kṣaṇād eva nivartya neṣyāmi | mama mate brāhmaṇā devatā avadhyāḥ, yaiḥ adya tava parākramaḥ pratihataḥ ||
Sañjaya said: “I deem that brāhmaṇa to be inviolable—by whom your martial prowess has been checked. Just as a mighty man might turn back the rush of a river from the sea, so will I at once wheel your chariot around and bring it back. In my judgment, brāhmaṇas are divine and cannot be slain; it is by them that your valor has today been thwarted.”
संजय उवाच