Shloka 12
शल्यस्य सेनापत्याभ्युपगमः | Śalya’s Acceptance of Command
'प्रभो! श्रीकृष्ण और अर्जुन दोनों दो शरीर और एक प्राण हैं। वे दोनों एक-दूसरेके अश्रित हैं। पहले जो बात मैंने केवल सुन रखी थी, उसे अब प्रत्यक्ष देख रहा हूँ ।। स्वस्रीयं निहतं श्रुत्वा दुः:खं स्वपिति केशव: । कृतागसो वयं तस्य स मदर्थ कथं क्षमेत्
prabho! śrīkṛṣṇa-arjunau ubhau dvau śarīrau ekaḥ prāṇa iva. tau paraspara-āśritau. pūrvaṁ yāṁ bātāṁ mayā kevalaṁ śrutā, tām adhunā pratyakṣaṁ paśyāmi. svāsrīyaṁ nihataṁ śrutvā duḥkhaṁ svapiti keśavaḥ | kṛtāgaso vayaṁ tasya sa mad-arthaṁ kathaṁ kṣamet ||
Sañjaya said: “O lord! Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna are like two bodies sharing a single life-breath; each depends upon the other. What I had only heard of before, I now behold with my own eyes. Hearing that his sister’s son has been slain, Keśava lies down in grief. We have become offenders against him—how could he forgive this, done for my sake?”
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