Shloka 17
कालविभाग-निरूपणं तथा युद्धव्यवस्था
Time-Reckoning and Mobilization Counsel
सम्भ्रान्तमनस: सर्वे काले हास्मिन् महारथा: । नान्यत्र युद्धाच्छेयो5स्ति तथा55त्मा प्रणिधीयताम्
sambhrāntamanasaḥ sarve kāle hāsmin mahārathāḥ | nānyatra yuddhāc chreyo 'sti tathātmā praṇidhīyatām ||
ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า “ในยามคับขันนี้ มหารถีทั้งปวงมีจิตใจหวั่นไหว และไม่เห็นหนทางใดประเสริฐไปกว่ายุทธการ เพราะฉะนั้น จงตั้งจิตให้มั่นคงอยู่ในปณิธานนั้น”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
In a moment of danger and uncertainty, the verse frames battle as the most fitting course for great warriors and urges steadiness of mind—commitment to one’s duty without wavering.
The narrator describes the great fighters as mentally shaken by the situation, yet concluding that no better option remains than to fight, and calls for firm inner resolve toward that decision.