Shloka 43
नपिता न च मे माता न यूयं॑ भ्रातरस्तथा । न च प्राणास्तथा रक्ष्या यथा बीभत्सुराहवे,मुझे युद्धमें अर्जुनकी रक्षा जितनी आवश्यक प्रतीत होती है, उतनी पिता, माता, तुम- जैसे भाइयों तथा अपने प्राणोंकी रक्षा भी नहीं प्रतीत होती
na pitā na ca me mātā na yūyaṁ bhrātaras tathā | na ca prāṇās tathā rakṣyā yathā bībhatsur āhave ||
ನನ್ನ ತಂದೆಯೂ ಅಲ್ಲ, ನನ್ನ ತಾಯಿಯೂ ಅಲ್ಲ, ನೀವೂ—ನನ್ನ ಸಹೋದರರೂ ಅಲ್ಲ; ನನ್ನ ಪ್ರಾಣಗಳೂ ಅಷ್ಟಾಗಿ ರಕ್ಷಿಸಬೇಕಾದವುಗಳಲ್ಲ—ಯುದ್ಧದಲ್ಲಿ ಬೀಭತ್ಸು (ಅರ್ಜುನ) ರಕ್ಷಿಸಲ್ಪಡಬೇಕಾದಷ್ಟು.
श्रीवायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches the primacy of dharmic duty over personal ties: when a righteous cause and its key agent must be safeguarded, even family bonds and one’s own life become secondary to that obligation.
Vāyudeva declares an uncompromising resolve to protect Arjuna on the battlefield, stating that this responsibility outweighs protecting his parents, his brothers, or even his own life.