Shloka 47
वैदेहाम्बष्ठकाम्बोजास्तथा नग्नजितस्त्वया । गान्धाराश्च यया धृत्या जिता: संख्ये सुदुर्जया: । तां धृतिं कुरु राधेय ततः प्रत्येहि पाण्डवम्
vaidehāmbaṣṭhakāmbojās tathā nagnajitas tvayā | gāndhārāś ca yayā dhṛtyā jitāḥ saṅkhye sudurjayāḥ | tāṃ dhṛtiṃ kuru rādheya tataḥ praty ehi pāṇḍavam ||
“Wahai Rādheya (putera Rādhā), dengan keteguhan hati yang sama—yang dahulu membuatmu menewaskan dalam medan perang kaum Vaideha, Ambaṣṭha, Kāmboja, Nagnajit, dan Gandhāra yang amat sukar ditundukkan—panggillah kembali azam itu. Angkatlah ia sekarang, dan mara untuk berhadapan dengan Pāṇḍava (Arjuna).”
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dhṛti—steadfast fortitude—as a decisive inner resource in righteous combat: past victories are attributed not merely to weapons but to sustained resolve, which must be consciously reawakened when facing a daunting opponent.
In the Karṇa Parva battle setting, Arjuna addresses Karṇa (Rādheya), reminding him of earlier conquests over formidable peoples and urging him to regain that same courage and advance to meet the Pāṇḍava—i.e., Arjuna himself—in direct confrontation.