Shloka 6
Saṃśaptaka-Varūthinī Saṅgrāma — Binding and Counter-Binding (संशप्तक-वरूथिनी-संग्रामः)
न चेत् तदभिमन्येत पुरुषो<्डर्जुनदर्शिवान्
na cet tad abhimanyeta puruṣo 'rjunadarśivān, śyāmānāṁ niṣkakaṇṭhīnām gītavādyavipaścitām |
ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຖ້າຊາຍຜູ້ຊີ້ບອກອາຣຊຸນໄດ້ ບໍ່ຍອມຮັບ ຫຼືບໍ່ຮັບຮູ້ລາງວັນນັ້ນໃຫ້ຄົບຖ້ວນ ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈະມອບລົດຮົບທຳດ້ວຍຄຳອີກຄັນ ຜູກດ້ວຍງົວຜູ້ແຂງແຮງອ້ວນພີ ຫົກຕົວ ດຸດດັ່ງຊ້າງ; ແລະພ້ອມກັນນັ້ນ ຈະມອບຍິງສາວຮ້ອຍນາງ ປະດັບດ້ວຍເຄື່ອງນຸ່ງແລະເຄື່ອງປະດັບ—ວັຍໜຸ່ມ ຜິວຄ່ອນຂ້າງຄ້ຳ ສວມສາຍຄໍຄຳ ແລະຊຳນານໃນການຮ້ອງເພງກັບດົນຕີ.»
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, in the heat of war, rulers may use lavish rewards to secure strategic advantage—raising an ethical tension between dharma and expedient inducement. It implicitly critiques the commodification of loyalty and the use of wealth and women as instruments for military aims.
Sañjaya reports an offer being proclaimed: if a man capable of identifying or pointing out Arjuna does not accept the initial reward, an even greater incentive will be given—another golden chariot with six powerful bulls, and a hundred richly adorned women skilled in music.