Shloka 26
एतेषां रक्षितारश्न ये स्यु: कस्याज्चिदापदि । अर्थवन्तो न चोत्सिक्ता ब्रह्मुण्या: सत्यवादिन:
eteṣāṁ rakṣitāraś ca ye syuḥ kasyāścid āpadi | arthavanto na cotsiktā brāhmaṇyāḥ satyavādinaḥ ||
Sañjaya berkata: “Mereka yang akan berdiri sebagai pelindung bagi orang-orang ini dalam apa jua saat genting ialah insan yang berharta dan berwibawa—namun tidak angkuh—teguh dalam kebajikan brahmanis dan setia pada kebenaran.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
True protectors are defined not merely by power or wealth, but by restraint and character: they have means (arthavantaḥ) without pride (na cotsiktāḥ), and their reliability rests on brahminical virtue and truthfulness (brāhmaṇyāḥ satyavādinaḥ).
Sañjaya is describing the kind of men who can serve as dependable guardians in a time of danger—emphasizing their capacity, humility, and moral credibility—within the larger war-reporting frame of the Droṇa Parva.