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Text 55

Sloka 55

Devanagari

Dévanágarí

सूत उवाच
अर्जुन: सहसाज्ञाय हरेर्हार्दमथासिना ।
मणिं जहार मूर्धन्यं द्विजस्य सहमूर्धजम् ॥ ५५ ॥

Text

Verš

sūta uvāca
arjunaḥ sahasājñāya
harer hārdam athāsinā
maṇiṁ jahāra mūrdhanyaṁ
dvijasya saha-mūrdhajam
sūta uvāca
arjunaḥ sahasājñāya
harer hārdam athāsinā
maṇiṁ jahāra mūrdhanyaṁ
dvijasya saha-mūrdhajam

Synonyms

Synonyma

sūtaḥ — Sūta Gosvāmī; uvāca — said; arjunaḥ — Arjuna; sahasā — just at that time; ājñāya — knowing it; hareḥ — of the Lord; hārdam — motive; atha — thus; asinā — by the sword; maṇim — the jewel; jahāra — separated; mūrdhanyam — on the head; dvijasya — of the twice-born; saha — with; mūrdhajam — hairs.

sūtaḥ — Sūta Gosvāmī; uvāca — řekl; arjunaḥ — Arjuna; sahasā — tehdy; ājñāya — pochopil; hareḥ — Pánův; hārdam — záměr; atha — a tak; asinā — mečem; maṇim — šperk; jahāra — oddělil; mūrdhanyam — na hlavě; dvijasya — dvojzrozence; saha — společně s; mūrdhajam — vlasy.

Translation

Překlad

Sūta Gosvāmī said: Just then Arjuna could understand the motive of the Lord by His equivocal orders, and thus with his sword he severed both hair and jewel from the head of Aśvatthāmā.

Tehdy Arjuna pochopil, co Pán Svými dvojsmyslnými příkazy míní. Odsekl mečem šperk a vlasy z Aśvatthāmovy hlavy.

Purport

Význam

Contradictory orders of different persons are impossible to carry out. Therefore a compromise was selected by Arjuna by his sharp intelligence, and he separated the jewel from the head of Aśvatthāmā. This was as good as cutting off his head, and yet his life was saved for all practical purposes. Here Aśvatthāmā is indicated as twice-born. Certainly he was twice-born, but he fell down from his position, and therefore he was properly punished.

Není možné splnit navzájem si odporující příkazy více osob. Arjuna proto svojí bystrou inteligencí zvolil kompromis: odstranil z Aśvatthāmovy hlavy šperk. To se vyrovnalo useknutí celé hlavy, ale zároveň byl jeho život ušetřen ve všech praktických ohledech. Aśvatthāmā se zde označuje za dvojzrozence; byl skutečně dvojzrozený, ale poklesl ze svého postavení a byl proto náležitě potrestán.