Shloka 26
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ८१: कृष्णस्य दूतप्रयाणम्
Udyoga Parva, Chapter 81: Krishna Sets Out as Envoy
निरमर्षेष्वचेष्टेषु प्रेक्षमाणेषु पाण्डुषु । पाहि मामिति गोविन्द मनसा चिन्तितो5सि मे
niramārṣeṣv aceṣṭeṣu prekṣamāṇeṣu pāṇḍuṣu | pāhi mām iti govinda manasā cintito 'si me ||
毗舍摩波耶那说：当般度五子只是旁观——既不愤起，也不设法相救——我在极度无助中，于心中忆念你，祈求道：“戈文达啊，护佑我！”于是唯凭你的恩德，我的名节得以保全。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
When human support fails due to fear, confusion, or moral paralysis, sincere inner refuge in the Divine becomes the final shelter; the verse also critiques passive spectatorship as an ethical lapse.
In a moment of humiliation and danger, the Pāṇḍavas remain watching without anger or action; the distressed speaker inwardly invokes Govinda (Kṛṣṇa) with the plea ‘Protect me,’ and her honor is saved through divine intervention.