Shloka 3
सहदेव–सात्यकि संवादः
Sahadeva and Satyaki on resolve after failed conciliation
तथैव फाल्गुनेनापि यदुक्तं तत् त्वया श्रुवम् । आत्मनश्व मतं वीर कथितं भवतासकृत्
tathaiva phālgunenāpi yad uktaṃ tat tvayā śrutam | ātmanaś ca mataṃ vīra kathitaṃ bhavatā sakṛt ||
Nakula berkata: “Demikian juga, engkau telah mendengar apa yang diucapkan oleh Phālguna (Arjuna). Dan wahai pahlawan, engkau pun telah berulang kali menyatakan pendirianmu sendiri yang telah dipertimbangkan.”
नकुल उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes careful deliberation: one should listen to the counsel already given (here, Arjuna’s words) and weigh it alongside one’s own repeatedly stated judgment, aiming for a reasoned and ethically grounded decision.
Nakula is addressing a respected ‘hero’ and notes that the listener has already heard Arjuna’s statement and has also expressed his own view more than once—framing the discussion as a review of counsel before a consequential decision in the war-prelude.