Shloka 10
सो<यं मृत्युवशं यात: कथं जिष्णुर्महाबल: । अयं ममाशां संहत्य शेते भूमौ धनंजय:,धर्मपुत्रो महाबाहुर्विललाप सुविस्तरम् । अर्जुन मरे पड़े थे; उनके धनुष-बाण इधर-उधर बिखरे थे। भीमसेन और नकुल-सहदेव भी प्राणरहित हो निश्रेष्ट हो गये थे। इन सबको देखकर युधिष्ठिर गरम-गरम लंबी साँसें खींचने लगे। उनके नेत्रोंसे शोकके आँसू उमड़कर उन्हें भिगो रहे थे। अपने समस्त भ्राताओंको इस प्रकार धराशायी हुए देख महाबाह धर्मपुत्र युधिष्ठिर गहरी चिन्तामें डूब गये और देरतक विलाप करते रहे--
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca | so 'yaṃ mṛtyuvaśaṃ yātaḥ kathaṃ jiṣṇur mahābalaḥ | ayaṃ mamāśāṃ saṃhatya śete bhūmau dhanaṃjayaḥ | dharmaputro mahābāhur vilalāpa suvistaram ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “How has this mighty Jiṣṇu (Arjuna) come under the dominion of death? Here lies Dhanaṃjaya on the ground, as though he has struck down my very hope.” Seeing this, the strong-armed Dharmaputra (Yudhiṣṭhira) lamented at length—his grief rising from the shock that even the most valiant can fall, and from the ethical burden of witnessing the collapse of one’s refuge and duty-bound companions.
वैशग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the inevitability of mortality and the fragility of worldly reliance: even the strongest hero can fall. Ethically, it highlights the weight of responsibility and attachment—how a leader’s hope and stability can be shaken when those he depends upon collapse.
Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates Yudhiṣṭhira’s reaction on seeing Arjuna lying on the ground as if dead. Overwhelmed, Yudhiṣṭhira laments at length, interpreting Arjuna’s fall as the destruction of his own hope.