Shloka 56
वसुदेव–अर्जुन संवादः
Vasudeva–Arjuna Dialogue in the Aftermath of Dvārakā
वैकृतं तन्महद् दृष्टवा भुजवीर्ये तथा युधि । दिव्यानां च महास्त्राणां विनाशाद् व्रीडितो5भवत्,युद्धके अवसरपर अपने बाहुबलमें यह महान् विकार आया देख और महान् दिव्यास्त्रोंका विस्मरण हुआ जान वे लज्जित हो गये
vaikṛtaṁ tan mahad dṛṣṭvā bhujavīrye tathā yudhi | divyānāṁ ca mahāstrāṇāṁ vināśād vrīḍito 'bhavat ||
Vaiśampāyana said: Seeing that great perversion arise in their own arm-strength in the very midst of fighting—and realizing the loss and failure of their mighty divine weapons—he became ashamed. The moment exposes a moral collapse: prowess and sacred martial knowledge, once upheld as disciplined power, now turn unreliable, and the warrior’s pride gives way to humiliation at the sight of his own diminished capacity.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even celebrated strength and sacred martial skill can fail when inner order collapses; the ethical sting is shame—recognition that one’s power, once governed by discipline and dharma, has become distorted and unreliable.
In the midst of fighting, a warrior witnesses a great abnormal change in his own arm-strength and the ruin/ineffectiveness of mighty divine weapons; realizing this reversal, he is overcome by shame.