Guest guest Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 4.kaTham bheeshmam aham sankhye dhrONam cha maDhusudhana ishubhiH prathiyothsyaami poojaarhaan arisudhana How can I oppose Bheeshma and Dhrona, who are revered , with arrows, Madhusudhana., who is the slayer of foes. Here the real reason for the despondency of Arjuna is revealed. He is hesitant to fight with Bheeshma and Dhrona, whom he respects as being worthy of worship. Arjuna uses two epithets to denote Krishna , namely, madhusoodhna and arisoodhna. He was the killer of demon Madhu and of his foes. What Arjuna means here is that Bheeshma and Dhrona were neither demons like Madhu nor the enemies. Hence how could Krishna expect Arjuna to fight with them. sankhyam is battle.. ishubhiH by arrows. Yothsyaami means I will fight. Prathyothsyaami means to oppose in battle. areen soodhayathi ith arosoodhanaH- one who kills (soodhayathi), his foes, (areen) 5. guroon ahathvaa hi mahaanubhaavaan Sreyo bhokthum bhaikshyam api iha loke Hathvaa arThakaamaan thu guroon iha eva Bhunjeeya bhogaan ruDhirao pradhigDhaan It is better to live a beggar's life in this world rather than to kill the revered elders. By killing them we will only enjoy the pleasures and wealth and other objects of desire of this world which will be stained with blood. Arjuna says that instead of attaining the kingdom and wealth and enjoy the riches and the pleasures of it he would rather live without wealth and go begging. It is better than killing the revered elders and get the kingdom because their enjoyment will be stained with their blood if they do so. Kshathriyas are not supposed to take alms even if they are about to die. But Arjuna was prepared even for that in order not to kill Bheeshma , Dhrona and other respected elders. This shows that Arjuna had misunderstood dharma for adharma and vice versa due to utter confusion in his mind and had not understood the words of Krishna in the previous slokas. He calls Bheeshma and others as guroon and mahaanubhavas, those venerable and his teachers. If so they should have known better than coming to fight with the Pandavas whose cause was righteous. But the fact that they have done so shows that they had no confusion in their minds about dharm and adharma and having chosen their role to playing the battle they had no compunction to do their duty. bhaikshyam- alms. hathvaa guroon- after killing the elders. arthakaamaan bhogaan bunjeeya- will enjoy the wealth and desired objects, here, the kingdom. ruDhirpra prasdhigDhaan- stained with blood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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