Shloka 72
कर्णनिधनवृत्तान्तनिवेदनम् | Reporting Karṇa’s Fall to Yudhiṣṭhira
जानासि दाशार्ह मम व्रतं त्वं यो मां ब्रूयात् कश्नन मानुषेषु । अन्यस्मै त्वं गाण्डिवं देहि पार्थ त्वत्तोउस्त्रैर्वा वीर्यतो वा विशिष्ट:
jānāsi dāśārha mama vrataṁ tvaṁ yo māṁ brūyāt kaścana mānuṣeṣu | anyasmai tvaṁ gāṇḍīvaṁ dehi pārtha tvatto 'strair vā vīryato vā viśiṣṭaḥ ||
阿周那说道：“噢，达沙尔哈啊，你知我之誓。若世间有人对我说：‘般度之子啊，把你的甘狄婆弓交给他人——交给在兵器之学或在力勇上胜过你的人’，那么，噢，凯沙瓦啊，我必以武力斩杀此人。然而，优提施提罗王却在你面前屡次对我说：‘把你的弓交给别人。’”
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights the ethical danger of rigid vows tied to personal honor: when a vow mandates violence in response to words, it can collide with dharma and family duty. It implicitly urges discernment and restraint—especially in war—so that honor does not override righteousness.
Arjuna reminds Kṛṣṇa of a personal vow: if anyone tells him to give his bow Gāṇḍīva to someone superior, he would kill that speaker. He then complains that Yudhiṣṭhira has repeatedly said exactly this in Kṛṣṇa’s presence, creating a moral and emotional crisis for Arjuna.