Shloka 423
Droṇa’s Conditional Boon: The Plan to Capture Yudhiṣṭhira (द्रोणेन युधिष्ठिरग्रहणोपायः)
नाशयेतामिहेच्छन्तौ मानुषत्वाच्च नेच्छत: । उनकी आत्मा तो एक है; परंतु इस भूतलके मनुष्योंको वे शरीरसे दो होकर दिखायी देते हैं। उन्हें मनसे भी पराजित नहीं किया जा सकता। वे यशस्वी श्रीकृष्ण और अर्जुन यदि इच्छा करें तो मेरी सेनाको तत्काल नष्ट कर सकते हैं; परंतु मानवभावका अनुसरण करनेके कारण ये वैसी इच्छा नहीं करते हैं
nāśayetām iha icchantau mānuṣatvāc ca necchataḥ | ekātmānau hi tau proktau bhūtale mānuṣair dvidhā dehataḥ prathitau | manasāpi na jetavyau yaśasvinau śrīkṛṣṇārjunau | icchetāṃ cet mama senāṃ kṣaṇād eva vināśayetām, mānuṣabhāvānusaraṇāt tu naivam icchataḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “If they wished, they could destroy (everything) here; yet, because they adhere to the condition of being human, they do not wish to do so. In truth their Self is one, but on this earth they appear to men as two bodies. They cannot be overcome even in thought. Those glorious ones—Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna—could, if they chose, annihilate my army in an instant; but following the human mode of conduct, they do not entertain such a wish.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच