Shloka 43
त्वया न वर्जित यस्मान्ममेदं हि महद् वनम् | दग्ध॑ तस्माद् रणे रामो बाहूंस्ते छेत्स्यतेडर्जुन,“अर्जुन! तुमने मेरे इस विशाल वनको भी जलाये बिना नहीं छोड़ा, इसलिये संग्राममें तुम्हारी इन भुजाओंको परशुरामजी काट डालेंगे”
tvayā na varjita yasmān mamedaṁ hi mahad vanam | dagdhaṁ tasmād raṇe rāmo bāhūṁs te chetsyate 'rjuna ||
“અર્જુન! તું મારા આ વિશાળ વનને પણ દહન કર્યા વિના છોડ્યું નથી; તેથી રણમાં રામ (પરશુરામ) તારા ભુજાઓ કાપી નાખશે.”
वासुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Actions have moral consequences: even a heroic deed like burning a forest can incur blame and invite retribution. Vāsudeva frames the coming conflict as a karmic response to harm done, warning that power must be governed by restraint and dharma.
Vāsudeva addresses Arjuna directly, recalling that Arjuna burned a vast forest associated with him. On that basis, he foretells that in a future battle Paraśurāma will punish Arjuna by severing his arms—an ominous prophecy linking past violence to future suffering.