kiM
nO raajyEna gOviMda kiM bhOgairjeevitEna vaa
yEShaamarthEkaaMkShitaM nO raajyaM bhOgaaHa
sukhaani cha || 32 ||
ta imEvasthitaa yuddhE praaNaaMstyaktvaa
dhanaani cha
aachaaryaaHa pitaraHa putraastathaiva cha
pitaamahaaHa || 33 ||
maatulaaHa shvashuraaHa poutraaHa shyaalaaHa
saMbaMdinastathaa
Etaanna haMtumicchaami ghnatOpi madhusoodana
|| 34 ||
Api trailOkya raajyasya hEtOHa kiM nu
maheekRutE
Nihatya dhaartaraaShTraannaHa kaa preetiHi
syaajjanaardana || 35 ||
"Oh Govinda, what is the use of the
kingdom, what is the use of the pleasures and even life when for whose sake we
are fighting for have assembled here ready to sacrifice their lives and wealth
in this war. Oh Madhusudhana, my teachers, fathers, sons, grandfathers,
maternal uncles, fathers-in-laws, grand children, brothers-in-law and all other
relatives have assembled here ready to sacrifice their lives. Even if they want
to kill me I am not willing to kill them. Oh Janardhana, forget about the
kingdom on earth, even if I am offered the three worlds I am not ready to fight
with them. What pleasure would we derive by killing the sons of Dhritaraashtra?
Arjuna calls Krishna by different
names like Govinda, Madhusudhana and Janardhana which are the names of Vishnu
as specified in Vishnu Sahasra Namam - The thousand names of Vishnu. He
justifies further his decision of not partaking in the war in the above slokas.
Arjuna says that all those people for whom he wanted to win the war, the
kingdom, pleasures and wealth have lined up on either side ready to sacrifice
their kingdom wealth and even their lives. What is the use of him fighting for
them when they have lined up against him and ready to sacrifice. The
possibilities are that his relatives may not even recognize that he fought for
them or they may even be killed during the war and may not be alive to enjoy
the kingdom and the wealth. All those assembled were his relatives, his
teachers, friends and well wishers. When this is the situation what for should
I fight. I do not see any purpose anymore in this war. Even if I am given
Triloka I do not see a purpose in the war and here we have assembled after all
for a kingdom on earth and piece of land. I would not kill the sons of
Dhritaraashtra for this piece of land when in my mind I am not even accepting the
offer of Triloka. It seems very logical that one need not fight such a gruesome
war at the end of which most of the relatives are killed and there are only few
survivors to enjoy the kingdom . The
end result of the war for Arjuna is the gaining of kingdom and wealth and it
seems logical if that is the reason for the war then there is no need for such
a terrible war.
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