Verse-36
Chapter 1 — Arjun Vishād Yog
Verse 36
🕉 Original Sanskrit Shloka
nihatya dhārtarāṣṭrānnah kā prītiḥ syājjanārdana
pāpamevāśrayedasmān hatvaitānātatāyinaḥ
🕉 English Translation
📜 Translation
English
Hey Janardan! What happiness will we get out of killing the sons of Dhritrashtra? By killing these oppressors we will only incur sin.
🎬 Video Discourse
It is good that Arjun is at least accepting that the sons of Dhritrashtra are tyrants and oppressors. O Fool! This fact supported with the beat of the drum by even the scriptures that killing of the tyrants is never unjustified from any point of view. According to the law of Shukra the person who sets things afire, administers poison, ready to attack with a weapon in his hand and the one who forcibly snatches away wealth, land or lady is called an oppressor. According to the law of Manu, any such oppressor whosoever he is, he should definitely penalized. In context of the Kauravs, these descriptions are befitting. The attempt to administer poison to Bhim, evil attempt to set ablaze Lakshagriha, eager to attack with weapon in hand, attempt to snatch away wealth cunningly in the game of dice, taking away the kingdom in an unlawful way and humiliation of Draupadi in the presence of the packed court and abduction by Jaidrath. Still Arjun is holding this view that it is not justified to kill our own relatives, the sons of Dhritrashtra. He says Govind! What pleasures are we going to gain by killing them? Parth! At least he should consider that if this poisonous creeper is allowed to spread in this manner what will be the consequences? At this point of time nothing is occurring to Arjun. His meaningless talks are now continuing.