TEXT 6
VERŠ 6
Devanagari
Dévanágarí
यद्वा जयेम यदि वा नो जयेयुः ।
यानेव हत्वा न जिजीविषाम-
स्तेऽवस्थिताः प्रमुखे धार्तराष्ट्राः ॥ ६ ॥
Text
Verš
yad vā jayema yadi vā no jayeyuḥ
yān eva hatvā na jijīviṣāmas
te ’vasthitāḥ pramukhe dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ
yad vā jayema yadi vā no jayeyuḥ
yān eva hatvā na jijīviṣāmas
te ’vasthitāḥ pramukhe dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ
Synonyms
Synonyma
na — nor; ca — also; etat — this; vidmaḥ — do we know; katarat — which; naḥ — for us; garīyaḥ — better; yat vā — whether; jayema — we may conquer; yadi — if; vā — or; naḥ — us; jayeyuḥ — they conquer; yān — those who; eva — certainly; hatvā — by killing; na — never; jijīviṣāmaḥ — we would want to live; te — all of them; avasthitāḥ — are situated; pramukhe — in the front; dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ — the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra.
na — ani; ca — tiež; etat — to; vidmaḥ — vieme; katarat — ktoré; naḥ — nás; garīyaḥ — lepšie; yat vā — či; jayema — porazíme; yadi — ak však; vā — alebo; naḥ — nás; jayeyuḥ — porazia; yān — tí, ktorí; eva — istotne; hatvā — zabitím; na — nikdy; jijīviṣāmaḥ — chcieť žiť; te — všetci; avasthitāḥ — nachádzajú sa; pramukhe — pred; dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ — Dhṛtarāṣṭrových synov.
Translation
Překlad
Nor do we know which is better – conquering them or being conquered by them. If we killed the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, we should not care to live. Yet they are now standing before us on the battlefield.
Ani nevieme, čo je lepšie — zvíťaziť, či podľahnúť. Keď zabijeme Dhṛtarāṣṭrových synov, ktorí tu stoja pred nami na bojisku, potom ani my sami nebudeme chcieť ďalej žiť.
Purport
Význam
Arjuna did not know whether he should fight and risk unnecessary violence, although fighting is the duty of the kṣatriyas, or whether he should refrain and live by begging. If he did not conquer the enemy, begging would be his only means of subsistence. Nor was there certainty of victory, because either side might emerge victorious. Even if victory awaited them (and their cause was justified), still, if the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra died in battle, it would be very difficult to live in their absence. Under the circumstances, that would be another kind of defeat for them. All these considerations by Arjuna definitely proved that not only was he a great devotee of the Lord but he was also highly enlightened and had complete control over his mind and senses. His desire to live by begging, although he was born in the royal household, is another sign of detachment. He was truly virtuous, as these qualities, combined with his faith in the words of instruction of Śrī Kṛṣṇa (his spiritual master), indicate. It is concluded that Arjuna was quite fit for liberation. Unless the senses are controlled, there is no chance of elevation to the platform of knowledge, and without knowledge and devotion there is no chance of liberation. Arjuna was competent in all these attributes, over and above his enormous attributes in his material relationships.
Povinnosťou kṣatriyu je bojovať, no Arjuna napriek tomu nevedel, či sa má boja zúčastniť a riskovať zbytočné násilie, alebo od boja upustiť a živiť sa žobraním. Ak by nepriateľa v boji neporazil, bolo by žobranie jeho jediným zdrojom obživy. A víťazstvo preňho nebolo isté, pretože zvíťaziť mohla hociktorá strana. Aj keby zvíťazil (právo bolo na jeho strane) a Dhṛtarāṣtrovi synovia by v boji zahynuli, bolo by veľmi ťažké žiť bez nich. Za týchto okolností by to preňho bol iba iný druh porážky. Všetky tieto úvahy plne dokazovali, že Arjuna nebol len veľký oddaný, ale aj veľmi osvietený človek, ktorý dokonale ovládal svoju myseľ a zmysly. Jeho odhodlanie žiť z almužien, hoci sa narodil v kráľovskej rodine, bolo ukážkou odriekania. Arjuna bol naozaj cnostný, čo koniec-koncov vyplýva z jeho vlastností, vrátane jeho viery v pokyny svojho duchovného učiteľa Śrī Kṛṣṇu. Bol preto hoden vyslobodenia. Kým nie sú zmysly ovládnuté, nejestvuje žiadna možnosť povznesenia sa na úroveň poznania a bez poznania a oddanosti sa nedá dosiahnuť vyslobodenie z hmotnej existencie.