Shloka 17
Kurukṣetra-sainyadarśana and Arjuna-viṣāda (धर्मक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः — अर्जुनविषाद)
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sañjaya uvāca tataḥ pārthasya vijñāya bhaktiṃ mānavavatsalā | antarīkṣagatovāca govindasyāgrataḥ sthitā ||
သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– ထို့နောက် ပါရ္ထ (အာర్జုန) ၏ ဘက္တိကို သိမြင်သဖြင့် လူသားတို့အပေါ် မေတ္တာကရုဏာပြည့်ဝသော မိခင် ဒုရ္ဂါဒေဝီသည် ကောင်းကင်အတွင်း ပေါ်ထွန်းလာ၍ ဂోవိန္ဒ (သရီကృష్ణ) ၏ ရှေ့တွင် ရပ်ကာ ဤသို့ မိန့်တော်မူ하였다။
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights bhakti as an ethically transformative power: sincere devotion is portrayed as worthy of divine recognition, and compassion (mānavavatsalā) is presented as a divine attribute that responds to human sincerity even in a battlefield setting.
Sañjaya reports that after recognizing Arjuna’s devotional disposition, the goddess Durgā manifests in the sky, positions herself before Kṛṣṇa (Govinda), and begins to speak—introducing a moment of divine presence and guidance within the war narrative.