Shloka 5
अर्जुनस्य लक्ष्यवेधः
Arjuna’s Hitting of the Target at the Svayaṃvara
सो<यं पितृवधाद् व्यक्त क्रोधाद् वो हन्तुमिच्छति । तेजसा तस्य दिव्येन चक्षूंषि मुषितानि व:
so 'yaṃ pitṛvadhād vyakta-krodhād vo hantum icchati | tejasā tasya divyena cakṣūṃṣi muṣitāni vaḥ ||
ヴァシシュタは言った。「この少年こそ、父を殺されたことにより明らかな怒りに燃え、まことに汝らを討たんとしている。その力の神なる光輝によって、汝らの視力は奪われたのだ。」
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how violence breeds further violence: the killing of a father ignites righteous or unrighteous wrath, leading to retaliatory intent. It also underscores the moral and practical danger of uncontrolled anger and the formidable consequences of spiritual power (tejas) when driven by rage.
Vasiṣṭha explains to the addressed group that a boy, enraged by his father’s death, intends to kill them. As a sign of his supernatural potency, their eyesight has already been taken away by his divine radiance.