Shloka 14
व्याधि-गुण-साम्योपदेशः | Discourse on Affliction, Guṇa-Equilibrium, and the Inner Battle
यत्र नैव शरै: कार्य न भृत्यैर्न च बन्धुभि: । आत्मनैकेन योद्धव्यं तत् ते युद्धमुपस्थितम्
yatra naiva śaraiḥ kāryaṁ na bhṛtyair na ca bandhubhiḥ | ātmanāikena yoddhavyaṁ tat te yuddham upasthitam ||
ບ່ອນທີ່ລູກທະນູບໍ່ມີປະໂຫຍດ ບໍ່ແມ່ນດ້ວຍຂ້າຮັບໃຊ້ ຫຼື ຍາດພີ່ນ້ອງ—ທີ່ນັ້ນເຈົ້າຕ້ອງຮົບກັບຕົນເອງຢູ່ຜູ້ດຽວ. ສົງຄາມນັ້ນບັດນີ້ມາຮອດຕໍ່ໜ້າເຈົ້າແລ້ວ. ພະເຈົ້າແຫ່ງລົມຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນການຕໍ່ສູ້ພາຍໃນອັນໂດດດ່ຽວ ທີ່ກໍາລັງພາຍນອກ ແລະ ການພຶ່ງພາສັງຄົມບໍ່ອາດຕັດສິນໄດ້; ມີແຕ່ຄວາມແນ່ວແນ່, ການຄວບຄຸມຕົນ, ແລະ ການຍຶດທຳມະເທົ່ານັ້ນຈຶ່ງຊີ້ຂາດໄດ້.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Some conflicts are fundamentally internal: they cannot be won by weapons, allies, or social power. One must rely on one’s own self-discipline, clarity, and commitment to dharma; the decisive ‘battle’ is self-conquest.
Vāyudeva addresses the listener and declares that a critical confrontation has arrived—one in which external aids (arrows, attendants, relatives) are ineffective. The speaker urges solitary effort: the person must face the impending struggle alone, as an ethical and spiritual test.