Shloka 14
Adhyāya 61: Saṃmohana-astra and the Kuru Withdrawal (संमोहनास्त्रं तथा कुरुनिवृत्तिः)
राजपुत्रो$सि भद्रे ते कुले मत्स्यस्य विश्रुते । जातत्त्वं शत्रुदमने नावसीदितुमरहसि
arjuna uvāca | rājaputro 'si bhadre te kule matsyasya viśrute | jātastvaṃ śatrudamane nāvasīditum arhasi |
ອາຈຸນ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ້ເຈົ້າຊາຍ, ຂໍໃຫ້ພອນດີຈົ່ງມີແກ່ເຈົ້າ. ເຈົ້າເກີດໃນລາຊະວົງອັນລືຊື່ຂອງກະສັດມັດສະຍະ; ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໃນຍາມທີ່ຕ້ອງປະຫານແລະປາບປາມສັດຕູ ເຈົ້າບໍ່ຄວນອ່ອນແອ. ເຈົ້າແມ່ນຜູ້ທີ່ສາມາດບົດບັງສັດຕູ—ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ຈົ່ງຕັ້ງຄວາມກ້າຫານໃຫ້ໝັ້ນ, ຂຶ້ນລົດຮົບ, ແລະໃນຄວາມຄັບຄັ່ງຂອງສົງຄາມ ຈົ່ງຄວບຄຸມມ້າຂອງຂ້ອຍໃຫ້ແນ່ນຫນາ».
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Arjuna urges a prince to uphold kṣatriya-dharma: do not collapse into fear at the decisive moment; remember one’s lineage and responsibility, gather courage, and perform one’s role with steadiness and self-control.
In the Virāṭa episode, Arjuna (in disguise) addresses the Matsya prince Uttara, who is wavering before battle. Arjuna rebukes his discouragement, reminds him of his royal birth, and instructs him to take up the chariot-duty—mount the chariot and control the horses as the fight begins.