Shloka 53

वसुदेव–अर्जुन संवादः

Vasudeva–Arjuna Dialogue in the Aftermath of Dvārakā

Devanagari script

तथोक्तास्तेन वीरेण कदर्थीकृत्य तद्वच: । अभिपेतुर्जनं मूढा वार्यमाणा: पुन: पुन:,वीरवर अर्जुनके ऐसा कहनेपर उनकी बातोंकी अवहेलना करके वे मूर्ख अहीर उनके बारंबार मना करनेपर भी उस जनसमुदायपर टूट पड़े

Transliteration

tathoktās tena vīreṇa kadarthīkṛtya tad vacaḥ | abhipetur janaṃ mūḍhā vāryamāṇāḥ punaḥ punaḥ ||

Translation

Thus addressed by that hero, those deluded men, scorning his words, rushed upon the crowd—again and again—despite being repeatedly restrained. The verse underscores how contempt for wise counsel and unchecked aggression quickly turns a gathering into violence, revealing the ethical peril of willful folly.

Word by Word

तथाthus

उक्ताःhaving been spoken to / addressed

तेनby him

वीरेणby the hero

कदर्थीकृत्यhaving insulted / having disregarded

तत्that

वचःspeech / words

अभिपेतुःthey rushed upon / attacked

जनम्the people / crowd

मूढाःfoolish

वार्यमाणाःbeing restrained / being forbidden

पुनःagain

पुनःagain (repeatedly)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

a hero (vīra; contextually Arjuna in the Gītā Press Hindi gloss)

jana (the crowd/people)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes