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अर्जुनस्य युधिष्ठिरं प्रति क्षात्रधर्मोपदेशः | Arjuna’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira on Kṣatra-Dharma
ऑपन---र< बछ। ] अत्ऑफाए:म दाविशोद्ध्याय: क्षत्रियधर्मकी प्रशंसा करते हुए अर्जुनका पुनः राजा युधिष्ठिरको समझाना वैशम्पायन उवाच अस्मिन्नेवान्तरे वाक्यं पुनरेवार्जुनोडब्रवीत् । निर्विण्णमनसं ज्येष्ठटमिदं भ्रातरमच्युतम्,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! इसी बीचमें देवस्थानका भाषण समाप्त होते ही अर्जुनने खिन्नचित्त होकर बैठे हुए तथा कभी धर्मसे च्युत न होनेवाले अपने बड़े भाई युधिष्ठिससे इस प्रकार कहा--
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: asminn evāntare vākyam punar evārjuno ’bravīt | nirviṇṇa-manasaṃ jyeṣṭham idaṃ bhrātaram acyutam ||
वैशम्पायन उवाच । अस्मिन्नेवान्तरे वाक्यं पुनरेवार्जुनोऽब्रवीत् । निर्विण्णमनसं ज्येष्ठं भ्रातरमच्युतं तदा ॥
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse sets up Arjuna’s ethical counsel: even amid sorrow, a ruler must remain anchored in dharma, and kṣatriya-duty (responsible kingship and protection of order) is to be reaffirmed rather than abandoned due to dejection.
In the frame narration, Vaiśampāyana tells Janamejaya that after a prior speech ends, Arjuna again speaks—addressing his eldest brother Yudhiṣṭhira, who is sitting dispirited yet steadfast in dharma—preparing to persuade him regarding royal duty.