Mahabharata 7.74.456 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 74, Shloka 456
अर्जुनस्य सैन्धवाभिमुखगमनम् तथा विन्दानुविन्दयोर्वधः
Arjuna’s advance toward Saindhava and the fall of Vinda–Anuvinda
यदि व्युष्टामिमां रात्रि श्वो न हन्यां जयद्रथम् । ऊपर जिन पापियोंका नाम मैंने गिनाया है तथा जिन दूसरे पापियोंका नाम नहीं गिनाया है
arjuna uvāca | yadi vyuṣṭām imāṁ rātriṁ śvo na hanyāṁ jayadratham |
ارجن نے کہا: “اگر یہ رات گزر جانے کے بعد کل میں جےدرَتھ کو قتل نہ کر سکوں، تو جن گناہگاروں کے نام میں نے گنوائے ہیں اور جن دوسرے گناہگاروں کے نام میں نے گنوائے بھی نہیں—ان سب کو جو ہولناک بدفرجامی پہنچتی ہے، وہی بدفرجامی مجھے بھی جلد پہنچے۔”
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the binding force of a warrior’s vow and the ethical weight of accountability: Arjuna stakes his own spiritual and moral fate on fulfilling a pledged act of justice in war, showing that intention and commitment carry consequences.
After Abhimanyu’s death and Jayadratha’s role in trapping him, Arjuna makes a public, time-bound vow: if he cannot kill Jayadratha by the next day, he accepts a sinner’s doom for himself—intensifying urgency and raising the stakes of the battle.
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