Shloka 3
Adhyāya 41 — Kṛṣṇa’s Battlefield Briefing and the Renewal of the Great Engagement
तौ चाप्यहं शस्त्रभृतां वरिष्ठौ व्यपेतभीर्योधयिष्यामि कृष्णौ । संतापयत्यभ्यधिकं नु रामा- च्छापोउ्द्य मां ब्राह्मणसत्तमाच्च
tau cāpy ahaṁ śastrabhṛtāṁ variṣṭhau vyapetabhīr yodhayīṣyāmi kṛṣṇau | saṁtāpayaty abhyadhikaṁ nu rāmāc chāpo ’dyamāṁ brāhmaṇasattamāc ca ||
سنجے نے کہا—وہ دونوں کرشن ہتھیار اٹھانے والوں میں سب سے برتر ہیں، پھر بھی میں بے خوف ہو کر ان سے جنگ کروں گا۔ مگر آج پرشورام (رام) اور ایک نہایت جلیل القدر برہمن سے ملا ہوا شاپ مجھے اور زیادہ تڑپا رہا ہے۔
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when one resolves to act bravely in accordance with a warrior’s role, past unethical choices and their karmic consequences—here expressed as curses—can reassert themselves at the decisive moment, reminding that valor alone cannot erase moral causality.
Sañjaya reports a warrior’s stance: he claims fearlessness in facing the formidable pair—Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna—yet admits inner distress because the curses received from Paraśurāma and from an eminent brāhmaṇa are now bearing down upon him as the battle reaches a critical point.