Shloka 78
अजिशीर्षे प्रातःसंध्यायां संग्रामवर्णनम् / Dawn-Transition Battle at Ajiśīrṣa
Chapter 161
यावन्न: पश्यमानानां प्राणान् पार्थेन संगतः । न जह्दात् पुरुषव्याप्रस्तावदू वारय कौरवम्,“यह पुरुषसिंह नरेश अर्जुनसे भिड़कर हमारे देखते-देखते जबतक अपने प्राणोंको त्याग न दे, उसके पहले ही तुम जाकर उस कुरुवंशी राजाको रोको
sañjaya uvāca |
yāvan naḥ paśyamānānāṃ prāṇān pārthena saṅgataḥ |
na jahyāt puruṣavyāghras tāvad ū vāraya kauravam ||
サンジャヤは言った。「あの人中の虎が、パールタと刃を交えたのち、我らの目の前で命を捨てる前に、ただちに行ってあのカウラヴァの王を制止せよ。死に至る遭遇へ突進させてはならぬ。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in war, discernment and restraint are ethical necessities: a leader should prevent a reckless, pride-driven clash that would lead to needless death, especially when the outcome is foreseeably disastrous.
Sañjaya urgently warns that a heroic Kaurava warrior/king is about to engage Arjuna and may be killed before everyone’s eyes; he urges someone to go immediately and stop (restrain) that Kaurava from entering the fatal confrontation.