Shloka 16
धृष्टद्युम्नस्य द्रोणाभिमुख्यं तथा सात्यकि-कर्ण-समागमः
Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s advance toward Droṇa and the Sātyaki–Karṇa confrontation
अर्जुन उवाच व्यक्त हि जीर्यमाणो<5पि बुद्धि जरयते नर:,अर्जुन बोले--प्रभो! यह स्पष्ट है कि मनुष्यके बूढ़े होनेके साथ-साथ उसकी बुद्धि भी बूढ़ी हो जाती है। तुमने इस समय जो कुछ कहा है, वह सब व्यर्थ है। तुम सम्पूर्ण इन्द्रियोंके नियन्ता भगवान् श्रीकृष्णको और मुझ पाण्डुपुत्र अर्जुनको भी जानते हो, तो भी हमारी निन््दा करते हो
arjuna uvāca vyaktaṃ hi jīryamāṇo 'pi buddhiṃ jarayate naraḥ |
अर्जुन उवाच—व्यक्तं हि जीर्यमाणोऽपि बुद्धिं जरयते नरः। तस्मादिदं त्वयोक्तं सर्वं व्यर्थम्। जानासि त्वं हृषीकेशं सर्वेन्द्रियनियन्तारं, मां च पाण्डुपुत्रं अर्जुनं, तथापि नः गर्हसे।
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Arjuna asserts that senescence can cloud discernment; hence speech that ignores known truths—such as Kṛṣṇa’s lordship and Arjuna’s identity—becomes empty and blameworthy. The ethical emphasis is on speaking with proper understanding and restraint, especially in charged wartime discourse.
In the midst of the Drona Parva’s battlefield tensions, Arjuna responds sharply to a speaker whose words he deems misguided. He dismisses the preceding statement as the product of aged, weakened judgment and objects to the implied reproach directed at Kṛṣṇa and himself.