Shloka 26
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ८१: कृष्णस्य दूतप्रयाणम्
Udyoga Parva, Chapter 81: Krishna Sets Out as Envoy
निरमर्षेष्वचेष्टेषु प्रेक्षमाणेषु पाण्डुषु । पाहि मामिति गोविन्द मनसा चिन्तितो5सि मे
niramārṣeṣv aceṣṭeṣu prekṣamāṇeṣu pāṇḍuṣu | pāhi mām iti govinda manasā cintito 'si me ||
ਜਦੋਂ ਪਾਂਡਵ ਸਿਰਫ਼ ਵੇਖਦੇ ਰਹੇ—ਨਾ ਕ੍ਰੋਧ ਜਾਗਿਆ, ਨਾ ਛੁਡਾਉਣ ਦੀ ਕੋਸ਼ਿਸ਼—ਤਦ ਮੈਂ ਬੇਹੱਦ ਬੇਸਹਾਰਾ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਮਨ ਹੀ ਮਨ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਯਾਦ ਕਰ ਕੇ ਕਿਹਾ, ‘ਗੋਵਿੰਦ! ਮੇਰੀ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਕਰੋ।’
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
When human support fails due to fear, confusion, or moral paralysis, sincere inner refuge in the Divine becomes the final shelter; the verse also critiques passive spectatorship as an ethical lapse.
In a moment of humiliation and danger, the Pāṇḍavas remain watching without anger or action; the distressed speaker inwardly invokes Govinda (Kṛṣṇa) with the plea ‘Protect me,’ and her honor is saved through divine intervention.