Shloka 1
अर्जुनस्य लक्ष्यवेधः
Arjuna’s Hitting of the Target at the Svayaṃvara
ऑपनआक्रात बछ। अ-काज जा अष्टस प्तरत्याधेकशततमो< ध्याय: पितरोंद्वारा और्वके क्रोधका निवारण ब्राह्मण्युवाच नाहं गृह्नामि वस्ताता दृष्टी्नास्मि रुषान्विता । अयं तु भार्गवो नूनमूरुज: कुपितो5चद्य व:
brāhmaṇy uvāca—nāhaṁ gṛhṇāmi vastāta dṛṣṭiṁ nāsmi ruṣānvitā | ayaṁ tu bhārgavo nūnam ūrūjaḥ kupito ’dya vaḥ ||
婆羅門の女は言った。「わが子よ、わたしが汝の視力を『奪った』のではない。汝に対して怒りも抱いてはいない。だが、このバールガヴァの少年――わが腿より生まれた者――は、きょう確かに汝らに憤りを起こしたのだ。」
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse distinguishes personal intention from the consequences produced by another’s wrath: one should not hastily blame an innocent party, and one must recognize how anger—especially when backed by spiritual power—can create harm and demands restraint.
A Brahmin woman clarifies that she has not caused the affliction (loss of sight) nor is she angry; rather, the Bhārgava child born from her thigh is the one who has become enraged against the addressed group, indicating that the danger arises from his wrath.