Shloka 2
Book 3, Āraṇyaka-parva — Adhyāya 19: Pradyumna’s Reproach of Withdrawal and the Ethics of Kṣātra Reputation
न मे भयं रौक्मिणेय संग्रामे यच्छतो हयान् । युद्धज्ञो5स्मि च वृष्णीनां नात्र किंचिदतोडन्यथा,'रुक्मिणीनन्दन! संग्रामभूमिमें घोड़ोंकी बागडोर सँभालते हुए मुझे तनिक भी भय नहीं होता। मैं वृष्णिवंशियोंके युद्धधर्मको भी जानता हूँ। आपने जो कुछ कहा है, उसमें कुछ भी अन्यथा नहीं है
na me bhayaṁ raukmiṇeya saṅgrāme yacchato hayān | yuddhajño 'smi ca vṛṣṇīnāṁ nātra kiñcid ato 'nyathā, rukmiṇīnandana |
Vāyu said: “O son of Rukmiṇī, I feel no fear at all in battle while controlling and driving the horses. I am well-versed in the warfare and martial code of the Vṛṣṇis; therefore, in what you have said, there is nothing at all that is otherwise.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Competence grounded in dharma removes fear: one who knows the proper conduct and skills of warfare can act steadily, and wise counsel should be acknowledged as correct when it aligns with truth and duty.
Vāyudeva addresses Kṛṣṇa (called Raukmiṇeya/Rukmiṇīnandana), declaring that he is unafraid while handling the horses in battle and affirming that Kṛṣṇa’s statement is accurate, since Vāyu knows the Vṛṣṇis’ martial tradition.