Bhagavadgītā-4comm with the commentaries · Chapter 7

Baladevaḥ - evaṃ janmāndhasya prajñā-cakṣuṣo dhṛtarāṣṭrasya dharma-prajñā-vilopān mohāndhasya mat-putraḥ kadācit pāṇḍavebhyas tad-rājyaṃ dadyād iti vimlāna-cittasya bhāvaṃ vijñāya dharmiṣṭhaḥ sañjayas tvat-putraḥ kadācid api tebhyo rājyaṃ nārpayuṣyatīti tat-santoṣam utpādayann āha dṛṣṭveti | pāṇḍavānām anīkaṃ sainyaṃ vyūḍhaṃ vyūha-racanayāvasthitam | ācāryaṃ dhanur-vidyā-pradaṃ droṇam upasaṅgamya svayam eva tad-antikaṃ gatvā rājā rāja-nīti-nipuṇaḥ vacanam alpākṣaratvaṃ gambhīrārthatvaṃ saṅkrānta-vacana-viśeṣam
| atra svayam ācārya-sannidhigamanena pāṇḍava-sainya-prabhāva-darśana-hetukaṃ tasyāntar-bhayaṃ guru-gauraveṇa tad-antikaṃ svayam āgatavān asmīti bhaya-saṅgopanaṃ ca vyajyate | tad idaṃ rāja-nīti-naipuṇyād iti ca rāja-padena

BhG 1.3
paśyaitāṃ pāṇḍuputrāṇām ācārya mahatīṃ camūm |
vyūḍhāṃ drupadaputreṇa tava śiṣyeṇa dhīmatā

Śrīdhara: tad eva vacanam āha paśyaitām ity ādibhiḥ navabhiḥ ślokaiḥ | paśyety ādi he ācārya | pāṇḍavānāṃ mahatīṃ vitatāṃ camūṃ senāṃ paśya | tava śiṣyeṇa drupada-putreṇa dhṛṣṭadyumnena vyūḍhāṃ vyūha-racanayādhiṣṭhitām

Viśvanātha: drupada-putreṇa dhṛṣṭadyumnena tava śiṣyeṇa sva-vadhārtham utpanna iti jānatāpi tvayāyam adhyāpita iti tava manda-buddhitvam | dhīmateti śatror api tvattaḥ sakāśāt tvad-vadhopāya-vidyā gṛhītety asya mahābuddhitvaṃ phal-kāle 'pi paśyeti bhāvaḥ

Baladeva: tat tādṛśaṃ vacanam āha paśyaitām ity ādinā | priya-śiṣyeṣu yudhiṣṭhirādiṣu snehātiśayād ācāryo na yudhyed iti vibhāvya tat-kopotpādanāya tasmiṃs tad-avajñāṃ vyañjayann āha etām iti | etām atisannihitāṃ prāgalbhyenācāryam atiśūraṃ ca tvām avigaṇayya sthitāṃ dṛṣṭvā tad-avajñāṃ pratīhīti, vyūḍhāṃ vyūha-racanayā sthāpitāṃ | drupada-putreṇeti tvad-vairiṇā drupadena tvad-vadhāya dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ putro yajñāgni-kuṇḍād utpādito 'stīti | tava śiṣyeṇeti tvaṃ sva-śatruṃ jānann api dhanur-vidyām adhyāpitavān asīti tava manda-dhītvam | dhīmateti śatros tvattas tvad-vadhopāyo gṛhīta iti tasya sudhītvam | tvad-apekṣyakāritaivāsmākam
anartha-hetur iti

BhG 1.4-6
atra śūrā maheṣvāsā bhīmārjunasamā yudhi |
yuyudhāno virāṭaś ca drupadaś ca mahārathaḥ

dhṛṣṭaketuś cekitānaḥ kāśirājaś ca vīryavān |
purujit kuntibhojaś ca śaibyaś ca narapuṃgavaḥ

yudhāmanyuś ca vikrānta uttamaujāś ca vīryavān |
saubhadro draupadeyāś ca sarva eva mahārathāḥ

Śrīdhara: atrety ādi | atra asyāṃ camvām | iṣavo bāṇā asyas te kṣipyante ebhir iti iṣāsāḥ dhanūṃṣi | mahānta iṣvāso yeṣāṃ te maheṣvāsāḥ | bhīmārjunau tāvad atrātiprasiddhau yoddhārau | tābhyāṃ samāḥ śūrāḥ śauryeṇa kṣātra-dharmeṇopetāḥ santi | tān eva nāmabhir nirdiśati yuyudhānaḥ sātyakiḥ | kiṃ ca dhṛṣṭaketur iti | vikrānto yudhāmanyur nāmaikaḥ | saubhadro 'bhimanyur draupadeyāḥ draupadyāṃ pañcabhyo yudhiṣṭhirādibhyo jātāḥ putrāḥ prativindhyādayaḥ pañca | mahārathādīnāṃ lakṣaṇam -
eko daśa sahasrāṇi yodhayed yas tu dhanvinām |
śastra-śāstra-pravīṇaś ca mahārtha iti smṛtaḥ ||
amitān yodhayed yas tu samprokto 'tirathas tu saḥ |
caikena yo yudhyet tan-nyūno 'rdha-rathaḥ smṛtaḥ || iti ||4-6||
Viśvanātha: atra camvām | mahāntaḥ śatrubhiś chettum aśakyā iṣvāsā dhanūṃṣi yeṣāṃ te | yuyudhānaḥ sātyakiḥ | saubhadro 'bhimanyuḥ | draupadeyā yudhiṣṭhirādibhyaḥ pañcabhyo jātāḥ prativindhyādayaḥ | mahārathādīnāṃ lakṣaṇam -
eko daśa sahasrāṇi yodhayed yas tu dhanvinām |
śastra-śāstra-pravīṇaś ca mahārtha iti smṛtaḥ ||
amitān yodhayed yas tu samprokto 'tirathas tu saḥ |
caikena yo yudhyet tan-nyūno 'rdha-rathaḥ smṛtaḥ || iti ||4-6||
Śrīdhara: nanv ekena dhṛṣṭadyumnenādhiṣṭhitālpikā senāsmadīyenaikenaiva sujeyā syād atas tvaṃ mā trāsīr iti cet tatrāha atreti | atra camvāṃ mahāntaḥ śatrubhiś chettum aśakyā iṣvāsāś cāpā yeṣāṃ te | yuddha-kauśalam āśaṅkyāha bhīmeti | yuyudhānaḥ sātyakiḥ | mahāratha iti yuyudhānīdānāṃ trayāṇām | nara-puṅgava iti purujid-ādīnāṃ trayāṇām | yudyeti vikrānta iti yudhāmanyoḥ | vīryavān ity uttamaujasaś ceti viśeṣaṇam | saubhadro 'bhimanyuḥ | draupadeyā yudhiṣṭhirādibhyaḥ pañcabhyaḥ kramād draupadyāṃ jātāḥ prativindhya-śrutasena-śrutakīrti-śatānīka-śrutakarmākhyāḥ pañca-putrāḥ
| ca-śabdād anye ca ghaṭotkacādayaḥ | pāṇḍavās tv atikhyātatvāt na gaṇitāḥ | ye ete saptadaśa gaṇitāḥ, ye cānye tat-pakṣīyās te sarve mahārathā eva | atirathasyāpy upalakṣaṇam etat | tal-lakṣaṇaṃ coktam -
eko daśa sahasrāṇi yodhayed yas tu dhanvinām |
śastra-śāstra-pravīṇaś ca mahārtha iti smṛtaḥ ||
amitān yodhayed yas tu samprokto 'tirathas tu saḥ |
caikena yo yudhyet tan-nyūno 'rdha-rathaḥ smṛtaḥ || iti ||4-6||
BhG 1.7
asmākaṃ tu viśiṣṭā ye tān nibodha dvijottama |
nāyakā mama sainyasya saṃjñārthaṃ tān bravīmi te

Śrīdhara: asmākam iti | nibodha budhyasva | nāyakā netāraḥ | saṃjñārthaṃ samyag jñānārtham

Viśvanātha: nibodha budhyasva | saṃjñārthaṃ samyag jñānārtham

Baladeva: tarhi kiṃ pāṇḍava-sainyād bhīto 'sīty ācārya-bhāvaṃ sambhāvyāntarjātām api bhītim ācchādayan dhārṣṭyenāha - asmākam iti | asmākaṃ sarveṣāṃ madhye ye viśiṣṭāḥ paramotkṛṣṭā budhyādi-bala-śālino nāyakā netāraḥ | tān saṃjñārthaṃ samyak jñānārthaṃ bravīmīti | pāṇḍava-premṇā tvaṃ cen no yotsyase, tadāpi bhīṣmādibhir mad-vijayaḥ setsyaty eveti tat kopotpādanārthaṃ dyotyam

BhG 1.8-9
bhavān bhīṣmaś ca karṇaś ca kṛpaś ca samitiṃjayaḥ |
aśvatthāmā vikarṇaś ca saumadattir jayadrathaḥ

anye ca bahavaḥ śūrā madarthe tyaktajīvitāḥ |
nānāśastrapraharaṇāḥ sarve yuddhaviśāradāḥ

Śrīdhara: tān eṣāha bhavān iti dvābhyām | bhavān droṇaḥ | samitiṃ saṃgrāmaṃ jayatīti tathā | saumadattiḥ somadattasya putro bhūriśravāḥ | anye ceti mad-arthe mat-prayojanārthaṃ jīvitaṃ tyaktum adhyavasitā ity arthaḥ | nānā anekāni śastrāni praharaṇa-sādhanāni yeṣāṃ te | yuddhe viśāradā nipuṇā ity arthaḥ ||8-9||
Viśvanātha: saumadattir bhūriśravāḥ | tyakta-jīvitā iti jīvita-tyāgenāpi yadi mad-upakāraḥ syāt tadā tad api kartuṃ pravṛttā ity arthaḥ | vastutas tu mayaivaite nihatāḥ pūrvam eva nimitta-mātraṃ bhava savyasācin iti bhagavad-ukter duryodhana-sarasvatī satyam evāha sma || 8-9||
Baladeva: bhavān iti | bhavān droṇaḥ | vikarṇo mad-bhrātā kaniṣṭhaḥ | saumadattir bhūriśravāḥ | samitiñjayaḥ saṃgrāma-vijayīti droṇādīnāṃ saptānāṃ viśeṣaṇam | nanv etāvanta eva mat-sainye viśiṣṭāḥ kintv asaṅkhyeyāḥ santīty āha anye ceti | bahavo jayadratha-kṛtavarma-śalya-prabhṛtayaḥ | tyaktety-ādi karmaṇi niṣṭhā jīvitāni tyaktuṃ kṛta-niścayā ity arthaḥ | itthaṃ ca teṣāṃ sarveṣāṃ mayi snehātirekāt śauryātirekād yuddha-pāṇḍityāc ca mad-vijayaḥ siddhyed eveti dyotyate ||8-9||
BhG 1.10
aparyāptaṃ tad asmākaṃ balaṃ bhīṣmābhirakṣitam |
paryāptaṃ tv idam eteṣāṃ balaṃ bhīmābhirakṣitam

Śrīdhara: tataḥ kiṃ? ata āha - aparyāptam ity ādi | tat tathābhūtaiḥ vīrair yuktam api bhīṣmeṇābhirakṣitam api asmākaṃ balaṃ sainyaṃ aparyāptaṃ taiḥ saha yoddhuṃ asamarthaṃ bhāti | idam eteṣāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ balaṃ bhīmābhirakṣitam sat paryāptaṃ samarthaṃ bhāti | bhīṣmasyobhaya-pakṣapātitvāt asmad-balaṃ pāṇḍava-sainyṃ pratyasamartham | bhīmasyika-pakṣapātitvāt pāṇḍavānāṃ balaṃ samartham

Viśvanātha: aparyāptam aparipūrṇam | pāṇḍavaiḥ saha yoddhuṃ akṣamam ity arthaḥ | bhīṣmeṇātisūkṣma-buddhinā śastra-śāstra-pravīṇenābhito rakṣitam api bhīṣmasyobhaya-pakṣapātitvāt | eteṣāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ tu bhīmena sthūla-buddhinā śastra-śāstrānabhijño 'pi rakṣitam paryāptaṃ paripūrṇam | asmābhiḥ saha yuddhe pravīṇam ity arthaḥ

Baladeva: nanv ubhayoḥ sainyayos taulyāt tavaiva vijayaḥ katham ity āśaṅkya sva-sainyādhikyam āha aparyāptam iti | aparyāptam aparimitam asmākaṃ balam | tatrāpi bhīṣmeṇa mahā-buddhimatātirathenābhirakṣitam | eteṣāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ balaṃ tu paryāptaṃ parimitam | tatrāpi bhīmena tuccha-buddhinārdharathenābhirakṣitam | ataḥ siddha-vijayo 'ham

BhG 1.11
ayaneṣu ca sarveṣu yathābhāgam avasthitāḥ |
bhīṣmam evābhirakṣantu bhavantaḥ sarva eva hi

Viśvanātha: tasmād yuṣmābhiḥ sāvadhānair bhavituvyam ity āha ayaneṣu vyūha-praveśa-mārgeṣu yathā-bhāgaṃ vibhaktāḥ svāṃ svāṃ raṇa-bhūmim aparityajyaivāvasthitā bhavanto bhīṣmam evābhitas tathā rakṣantu yathānyair yudhyamāno 'yaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ kaiścin na hanyate | bhīṣma-balenaivāsmākaṃ jīvitam iti bhāvaḥ

Baladeva: athaivaṃ mad-ukti-bhāvaṃ vijñāyācāryaś ced udāsīta tadā mat-kārya-kṣatir iti vibhāvya tasmin sva-kārya-bhāram arpayann āha ayaneṣv iti | ayaneṣu sainya-praveśa-vartmasu yathābhāgaṃ vibhaktāṃ svāṃ svāṃ yuddha-bhūmim aparityajyāvasthitā bhavanto bhavad-ādayo bhīṣmame evābhito rakṣantu yuddhābhiniveśāt pārśvataḥ pṛṣṭhataś cāpaśyantaṃ taṃ yathānyo na vihanyāt tathā kurvantv ity arthaḥ | senāpatau bhīṣme nirbodhe mad-vijaya-siddhir iti bhāvaḥ |
ayam āśayaḥ - bhīṣmo 'smākaṃ pityāmahaḥ | bhavāṃs tu guruḥ | tau yuvām asmad ekānta-hitaiṣiṇau viditau | yāvakṣa-sadasi mad-anyāyaṃ vidantāv api draupadyā nyāyaṃ pṛṣṭau nāvocatāṃ mayā tu pāṇḍaveṣu pratītaṃ snehābhāsaṃ tyājayituṃ tathā niveditam iti

BhG 1.12
tasya saṃjanayan harṣaṃ kuru-vṛddhaḥ pitāmahaḥ |
siṃha-nādaṃ vinadyoccaiḥ śaṅkhaṃ dadhmau pratāpavān

Śrīdhara: tad evaṃ bahu-māna-yuktaṃ rāja-vākyaṃ śrutvā bhīṣmaḥ kiṃ kṛtavān | tad āha tasyety ādi | tasya rājño harṣaṃ kurvan pitāmaho bhīṣma uccair mahāntaṃ siṃha-nādaṃ vinadya kṛtvā śaṅkhaṃ dadhmau vāditavān

Viśvanātha: tataś ca sva-saṃmāna-śravaṇa-janita-harṣas tasya duryodhanasya bhava-vidhvaṃsanena harṣaṃ sañanayituṃ kuru-vṛddho bhīṣmaḥ siṃha-nādam iti upamāne karmaṇi ceti ṇamul siṃha iva vinadyety arthaḥ

Baladeva: evaṃ duryodhana-kṛtāṃ sva-stutim avadhārya sa-harṣo bhīṣmas tad-antar-jātāṃ bhītim utsādayituṃ śaṅkhaṃ dadhmāv ity āha | siṃha-nādam ity upamāne karmaṇi ceti pāṇini-sūtrāt ṇamul | cāt kartary upamāne ity arthaḥ | siṃha iva vinadyety arthaḥ | mukhataḥ kiñcid anuktvā śaṅkha-nāda-mātra-karaṇena jaya-parājayau khalv īśvarādhīnau tvad-arthe kṣatra-dharmeṇa dehaṃ tyakṣyāmīti vyajyate

BhG 1.13
tataḥ śaṅkhāś ca bheryaś ca paṇavānakagomukhāḥ |
sahasaivābhyahanyanta sa śabdas tumulo 'bhavat

Śrīdhara: tad evaṃ senāpateḥ bhīṣmasya yuddhotsavam ālokya sarvato yuddhotsavaḥ pravṛtta iy āha tata ity ādinā | paṇavā mārdalāḥ | ānakāḥ gomukhāś ca vādya-viśeṣāḥ | sahasā tat-kṣaṇam evābhyahanyanta vāditāḥ | sa ca śaṅkhādi-śabdas tumulo mahān abhūt

Viśvanātha: tataś cobhayatraiva yuddhotsāhaḥ pravṛtta ity āha tata iti | paṇavā mārdalāḥ | ānakāḥ paṭahāḥ | gomukhā vādya-viśeṣāḥ

Baladeva: tata iti | senāpatau bhīṣme pravṛtte tat-sainye sahasā tat-kṣaṇam eva śaṅkhādayo 'bhyahanyanta vāditāḥ | karma-kartari prayogaḥ | paṇavādayas trayo vāditra-bhedāḥ | sa śabdas tumula ekākāratayā mahān āsīt

BhG 1.14
tataḥ śvetair hayair yukte mahati syandane sthitau |
mādhavaḥ pāṇḍavaś caiva divyau śaṅkhau pradadhmatuḥ

Śrīdhara: tataḥ pāṇḍava-sainye pravṛttaṃ yuddhotsāham āha tata ity ādibhiḥ pañcabhiḥ | tataḥ kaurava-sainya-vādya-kolāhalānantaraṃ mahati syandane rathe sthitau santau śrī-kṛṣṇārjunau divyau śaṅkhau prakarṣeṇa dadhmatur vādayāmāsatuḥ |

Viśvanātha: Nothing

Baladeva: atha pāṇḍava-sainye pravṛttaṃ yuddhosavam āha tata iti | anyeṣām api ratha-sthitatve saty api kṛṣṇārjunayoḥ ratha-sthitatvoktis tad-rathasyāgni-dattatvaṃ trailokya-vijetṛtvaṃ mahā-prabhavatvaṃ ca vyajyate

BhG 1.15-18
pāñcajanyaṃ hṛṣīkeśo devadattaṃ dhanaṃjayaḥ |
pauṇḍraṃ dadhmau mahāśaṅkhaṃ bhīmakarmā vṛkodaraḥ

anantavijayaṃ rājā kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca sughoṣamaṇipuṣpakau

kāśyaś ca parameṣvāsaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca mahārathaḥ |
dhṛṣṭadyumno virāṭaś ca sātyakiś cāparājitaḥ

drupado draupadeyāś ca sarvaśaḥ pṛthivīpate |
saubhadraś ca mahābāhuḥ śaṅkhān dadhmuḥ pṛthak pṛthak

Śrīdhara: tad eva vibhāgena darśayann āha pāñcajanyam iti | pāñcajanyādīni nāmāni śrī-kṛṣṇādi-śaṅkhānām | bhīmaḥ ghoraṃ karma yasya saḥ | vṛkavat udaraṃ yasya sa vṛkodaro mahā-śaṅkhaṃ pauṇḍraṃ dadhmāv iti | ananteti | nakulaḥ sughoṣaṃ nāma śaṅkhaṃ dadhmau | sahadevo maṇipuṣpakaṃ nāma | kāśyaś ceti | kāśyaḥ kāśirājaḥ | kathambhūtaḥ | paramaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ iṣvāso dhanur yasya saḥ | drupada iti | he pṛthivīpate dhṛtarāṣṭra ||15-18||
Viśvanātha: pāñcajanyādayaḥ śaṅkhādīnāṃ nāmāni | aparājitaḥ kenāpi parājetum aśakyatvāt | athavā cāpena dhanuṣā rājitaḥ pradīptaḥ ||15-18||
Baladeva: pāñcajanyam ity ādi pāñcajanyādayaḥ kṛṣṇādi-śaṅkhānām āhvayāḥ | atra hṛṣīkeśa-śabdena parameśvara-sahāyitvam | pāñcajanyādi-śabdaiḥ prasiddhāhvayāneka-divya-śaṅkhavattvam | rājā bhīmakarmā dhanañjaya ity ebhir yudhiṣṭhirādīnāṃ rāja-sūya-yājitva-hiḍimbādi-nihantṛtva-digvijayāhṛtānanta-dhanatvāni ca vyajya pāṇḍava-senā-sūtkarṣaḥ sūcyate | para-senāsu tad-abhāvād apakarṣaś ca | kāśya iti | kāśyaḥ kāśirājaḥ | parameṣvāsaḥ mahā-dhurdharaḥ | cāparājito dhanuṣā dīptaḥ | drupada iti | pṛthivīpate he dhṛtarāṣṭreti tava durmantraṇodayaḥ kula-kṣaya-lakṣaṇo ' narthaḥ samāsata
iti sūcyate ||15-18||
BhG 1.19
sa ghoṣo dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ hṛdayāni vyadārayat |
nabhaś ca pṛthivīṃ caiva tumulo vyanunādayan

Śrīdhara - sa ca śaṅkhānāṃ nādas tvadīyānāṃ mahābhayaṃ janayāmāsety āha sa ghoṣa ity ādi | dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ tvadīyānāṃ hṛṇḍayāṇi vyadārayat vidāritavān | kiṃ kurvan | nabhaś ca pṛthivīṃ caiva tumulo 'bhyanunādayan pratidhvanibhir apūryan

Viśvanātha - Nothing.
Baladeva - sa iti | pāṇḍavaiḥ kṛtaḥ śaṅkha-nādo dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ bhīṣmādīnāṃ sarveṣāṃ hṛṇḍayāṇi vyadārayat | tad-vidāraṇa-tulyāṃ pīḍām ajanayad ity arthaḥ | tumulo 'titīvraḥ abhyanunādayan pratidhvanibhiḥ p”ryann ity arthaḥ | dhārtarāṣṭraiḥ kṛtas tu śaṅkhādinādas tumulo 'pi teṣāṃ kiñcid api kṣobhaṃ nājanayat tathānukter iti bodhyam

BhG 1.20-23
atha vyavasthitān dṛṣṭvā dhārtarāṣṭrān kapidhvajaḥ |
pravṛtte śastrasaṃpāte dhanur udyamya pāṇḍavaḥ

Śrīdhara - etasmin samaye śrī-kṛṣṇam arjuno vijñāpayāmāsety āha atha ity ādibhiḥ caturbhiḥ ślokaiḥ | atheti athānantaraṃ vyavasthitān yuddhodyogena sthitān | kapidhvajo 'rjunaḥ

Viśvanātha - Nothing.
Baladeva - evaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ yuddhe bhītiṃ pradarśya pāṇḍavānāṃ tu tatrotsāham āha atheti sārdhakena | atha ripu-śaṅkha-nāda-kṛtotsāha-bhaṅgānantaraṃ vyavasthitān tad-bhaṅga-virodhi-yuyutsayāvasthitān dhārtarāṣṭrān bhīṣmādīn kapidhvajo 'rjuno yena śrī-dāśarather api mahānti kāryāni purā sādhitāni tena mahāvīreṇa dhvajam adhitiṣñhitā hanumatānugṛhīto bhaya-gandha-śūnya ity arthaḥ | he mahīpate pravṛtte pravartamāne | hṛṣīkeśam iti hṛṣīkeśaṃ sarvendriya-pravartakaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ tad idaṃ vākyam uvāceti | sarveśvaro harir yeṣāṃ niyojyas teṣāṃ tad ekānta-bhaktānāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ
vijaye sandeha-gandho 'pi neti bhāvaḥ

BhG 1.21-23
hṛṣīkeśaṃ tadā vākyam idam āha mahīpate |
senayor ubhayor madhye rathaṃ sthāpaya me 'cyuta

yāvad etān nirīkṣe 'haṃ yoddhukāmān avasthitān |
kair mayā saha yoddhavyam asmin raṇasamudyame

yotsyamānān avekṣe 'haṃ ya ete 'tra samāgatāḥ |
dhārtarāṣṭrasya durbuddher yuddhe priyacikīrṣavaḥ

Śrīdhara - tad eva vākyam āha senayor ubhayor ity ādi | yāvad etān iti | nanu tvaṃ yoddhā na tu yuddha-prekṣakas tatrāha kair mayety ādi | kaiḥ saha mayā yoddhavyam | yotsyamānān iti dhārtarāṣṭrasya duryodhanasya priyaṃ kartum icchanto ye iha samāgatāḥ tān ahaṃ drakṣyāmi yāvat | tāvad ubhayoḥ senayor madhye me rathaṃ sthāpayety anvayaḥ ||21-23||
Viśvanātha - Nothing.
Baladeva -arjuna-vākyam āha senayor iti | he acyutedi svabhāva-siddhād bhakta-vātsalyāt pāramaiśvaryāc ca na cyavase smeti tena tena ca niyantirto bhaktasya me vākyāt tatra rathaṃ sthitaṃ kuru nirbhaya tatra ratha-sthāpane phalam āha yāvad iti | yoddhu-kāmān na tu sahāsmābhiḥ sandhiṃ cikīrṣūn | avasthitān na tu bhītyā pracalitān |
nanu tvaṃ yoddhā, na tu yuddha-prekṣakas tatas tad-darśanena kim iti cet tatrāha kair iti | asmin bandhūnām eva mitho raṇodyoge kair bandhubhiḥ saha mama yuddhaṃ bhāvīty etaj-jñānāyaivaa madhye ratha-sthāpanam iti |
nanu bandhutvād eet sandhim eva vidhātsyantīti cet tatrāha yotsyamānān iti na tu sandhiṃ vidhāsyataḥ | avekṣe pratyemi | durbuddheḥ kudhiyaḥ svajīvanopāyānabhijñasya yuddhe na tu durbuddhy-apanayane | ato mad-yuddha-pratiyogi-nirīkṣaṇaṃ yuktam iti ||21-23||
BhG 1.24-25
evam ukto hṛṣīkeśo guḍākeśena bhārata |
senayor ubhayor madhye sthāpayitvā rathottamam

bhīṣma-droṇa-pramukhataḥ sarveṣāṃ ca mahīkṣitām |
uvāca pārtha paśyaitān samavetān kurūn iti

Śrīdhara: tataḥ kiṃ vṛttam | ity apekṣāyāṃ sañjaya uvāca evam ukta ity ādi | uḍākā nidrā tasya īśena jita-nidreṇa arjunena evam uktaḥ san | he bhārata, he dhṛtarāṣṭra senayor madhye rathānām uttamaṃ rathaṃ hṛṣīkeśaḥ sthāpitavān | bhīṣma-droṇa iti mahīkṣitāṃ rājñāṃ ca pramukhataḥ sammukhe rathaṃ sthāpayitvā | he pārtha etān kurūn paśyeti śrī-bhagavān uvāca ||24-25||
Viśvanātha: hṛṣīkeśaḥ sarvendriya-niyantāpy evam ukto 'rjunenādiṣṭaḥ | arjuna-vāg-indriya-mātreṇāpi niyamyo 'bhūd ity aho prea-vaśyatvaṃ bhagavata iti bhāvaḥ | guḍākeśena guḍā yathā mādhurya-mātra-prakāśakās tat tathā svīya-sneha-rasāsvāda-prakāśakā akeśā viṣṇu-brahma-śivā yasya tena akāro viṣṇuḥ ko brahmā īśo mahā-devaḥ | yatra sarvāvatāri-cūḍāmaṇīndraḥ svayaṃ bhagavān śrī-kṛṣṇa eva premādhīnaḥ sann ājñānuvartī babhūva | tatra guṇāvatāratvāt tad-aṃśāḥ viṣṇu-brahma-rudrāḥ katham aiśvaryaṃ prakāśayantu | kintu svakartṛkaṃ sneha-rasaṃ prakāśyaiva svaṃ svaṃ
kṛtārthaṃ manyanta ity arthaḥ | yad uktaṃ śrī-bhagavatā para-vyoma-nāthenāpi dvijātmamajā me yuvayor didṛkṣuṇā iti |
yad vā, guḍāko nidrā tasyā īśena jita-nidrenety arthaḥ | atrāpi vyākhyāyāṃ sākṣān māyāyā api niyantā yaḥ śrī-kṛṣṇaḥ sa cāpi yena premṇā vijitya vaśīkṛtas tenārjunena māyā-vṛttir nidrā varākī jiteti kiṃ citram iti bhāvaḥ | bhīṣma-droṇayoḥ pramukhataḥ pramukhe sammukhe sarveṣāṃ mahīkṣitāṃ rājñāṃ ca | pramukhataḥ iti samāsa-praviṣṭe 'pi pramukhataḥ-śabda ākṛṣyate ||24-25||
Baladeva: tataḥ kiṃ vṛttam ity apekṣāyāṃ sañjayaḥ prāha evam iti | guḍākā nidrā tasyā īśaḥ sva-sakha-śrī-bhagavad-guṇa-lāvaṇya-smṛti-niveśena vijita-nidras tat-parama-bhaktas tenārjunenaivam uktaḥ pravartito hṛṣīkeśas tac-citta-vṛtty-abhijño bhagavān senayor madhye bhīṣma-droṇayoḥ sarveṣāṃ ca mahīkṣitāṃ bhū-bhujāṃ ca pramukhataḥ sammukhe rathottamaṃ agnidattaṃ rathaṃ sthāpayitvovāca he pārtha samavetān etān kurūn paśyeti | pārtha-hṛṣīkeśa-śabdābhyām idaṃ sūcyate matipitṛ-svasṛ-putratvāt tvat-sārathyam ahaṃ kariṣyāmy eva tvaṃ tv adhunaiva yuyutsāṃ
tyakṣyasīti kiṃ śatru-sainya-vīkṣaṇeneti sopahāso bhāvaḥ ||24-25||
BhG 1.26
tatrāpaśyat sthitān pārthaḥ pitṝn atha pitāmahān |
ācāryān mātulān bhrātṝn putrān pautrān sakhīṃs tathā ||
śvaśurān suhṛdaś caiva senayor ubhayor api

Śrīdhara: tataḥ kiṃ pravṛttam ity āha tatrety ādi | pitṝn pitṛvyān ity arthaḥ | putrān pautrān iti duryodhanādīnāṃ ye putrāḥ pautrāś ca tān ity arthaḥ | sakhīn mitrāṇi | suhṛdaḥ kṛtopakārāṃś ca apaśyat |
Viśvanātha: duryodhanādīnāṃ ye putrāḥ pautrāś ca tān |
Baladeva: evaṃ bhagavatokto 'rjunaḥ para-senām apaśyad ity āha tatreti sārdhakena | tatra para-senāyāṃ pitṝn pitṛvyān bhūriśravaḥ-prabhṛtīn, pitāmahān bhīṣma-somadattādīn, ācāryān droṇa-kṛpādīn, mātulān śalya-śakuny-ādīn, bhrātṝn duryodhanādīn, putrān lakṣmaṇādīn, pautrān naptṝn, lakṣmaṇādi-putrān, sakhīn vayasyān drauṇi-saindhavādīn, suhṛdaḥ kṛtavarma-bhagadattādīn | evaṃ sva-sainye 'py upalakṣaṇīyam | ubhayor api senayor avasthitān tān sarvān samīkṣyety anvayāt

BhG 1.27
tān samīkṣya sa kaunteyaḥ sarvān bandhūn avasthitān |
kṛpayā parayāviṣṭo viṣīdann idam abravīt

Śrīdhara: tataḥ kiṃ kṛtavān ity āha tān iti | senayor ubhayor evaṃ samīkṣya kṛpayā mahatyā āviṣṭaḥ viṣaṇṇaḥ san idam arjuno 'bravīt | ity uttarasya ardha-ślokasya vākyārthaḥ | āviṣṭo vyāptaḥ

Viśvanātha: Nothing.
Baladeva: atha sarveśvaro dayāluḥ kṛṣṇaḥ saparikarātmopadeśena viśvam uddidhīrṣur arjunaṃ śiṣyaṃ kartuṃ tat-sva-dharme 'pi yuddhe mā hiṃsyāt sarva-bhūtāni iti śruty-arthābhāsenādharmatām ābhāsya taṃ saṃmohaṃ kṛtavān ity āha tān samīkṣyate kaunteya iti svīya-pitṛ-svasṛ-putratvoktyā tad-dharmo moha-śokau tadā tasya vyajyete | kṛpayā kartryā ity ukteḥ | svabhāva-siddhasya kṛpeti dyotsyate | ataḥ parayeti tad-viśeṣaṇam | aparayeti vā cchedaḥ sva-sainye pūrvam api kṛpāsti para-sainye tv aparāpi sābhūd ity arthaḥ | viṣīdann anutāpaḥ vindan | atrokti-viṣādayor aika-kālyādy-ukti-kāle
viṣāda-kāryāṇy-aśru-kampa-sanna-kaṇṭhādīni vyajyate

BhG 1.28-29
dṛṣṭvemān svajanān kṛṣṇa yuyutsuṃ samupasthitam |
sīdanti mama gātrāṇi mukhaṃ ca pariśuṣyati

vepathuś ca śarīre me romaharṣaś ca jāyate |
gāṇḍīvaṃ sraṃsate hastāt tvak caiva paridahyate

Śrīdhara: kim abravīd ity apekṣāyām āha dṛṣṭvemān ity ādi yāvad adhyāya-samāpti | he kṛṣṇa yoddhum icchataḥ purataḥ samavasthitān svajanān bandhu-janān dṛṣṭvā madīyāni gātrāṇi karacaraṇādīni sīdanti viśīryante | kiṃ ca vepahtuś cetyādi | vepathuḥ kampaḥ | romaharṣaḥ romāñcaḥ | sraṃsate nipatati | paridahyate sarvataḥ santapyate ||28-29||
Viśvanātha: dṛṣṭvety atra sthitasyety adhyāhāryam ||28-29||
Baladeva: kaunteyaḥ śoka-vyākulaṃ yad āha tad anuvadati dṛṣṭvemam iti | svajanaṃ sva-bandhu-vargaṃ jātāv eka-vacanaṃ sa-gotra-bāndhava-jñāti-bandhu-sva-svajanāḥ samāḥ ity amaraḥ | dṛṣṭvāsavthitasya mama gātrāṇi kara-caraṇādīni sīdanti śīryante pariśuṣyatīti śramādi-hetukāc choṣād atiśayitvam asya śoṣasya vyajyate | vepathuḥ kampaḥ | romaharṣaḥ pulakaḥ | gāṇḍīva-bhraṃśenādhairyaṃ tvag-dāhnea hṛd-vidāho darśitaḥ ||28-29||
BhG 1.30
na ca śaknomy avasthātuṃ bhramatīva ca me manaḥ |
nimittāni ca paśyāmi viparītāni keśava

Śrīdhara: api ca na śaknomīty ādi | viparītāni nimittāni aniṣṭa-sūcakāni śakunāni paśyāmi

Viśvanātha: viparītāni nimittāni dhana-nimittako 'yam atra me vāsa itivan nimitta-śabdo 'yaṃ prayojana-vācī | tataś ca yuddhe vijayino mama rājya-lābhāt sukhaṃ na bhaviṣyati, kintu tad-viparītam anutāpa-duḥkham eva bhāvīty arthaḥ

Baladeva: api ceti avasthātuṃ sthiro bhavituṃ mano bhramtīva ceti daurbalya-mūrcchayor udayaḥ | nimittāni phalāny atra yuddhe viparītāni paśyāmi | vijayino me rājya-prāptir ānando na bhaviṣyati kintu tad-viparīto 'nutāpa eva bhāvīti | nimitta-śabdaḥ phala-vācī kasmai nimittāyātra vasasi ity ādau tathā pratīteḥ

BhG 1.31
na ca śreyo 'nupaśyāmi hatvā svajanam āhave |
na kāṅkṣe vijayaṃ kṛṣṇa na ca rājyaṃ sukhāni ca

Śrīdhara: kiṃ ca na cety ādi | āhave yuddhe svajanaṃ hatvā śreyaḥ phalaṃ na paśyāmi | vijayādikaṃ phalaṃ kiṃ na paśyasīti cet tatrāha na kāṅkṣa iti

Viśvanātha: śreyo na paśyāmīti dvāv imau puruṣau loke sūrya-maṇḍala-bhedinau | parivrāḍ yoga-yuktaś ca raṇe cābhimukhe hataḥ || ity ādinā hatasyaiva śreyo-vidhānāt | hantus tu na kim ap sukṛtam | nana dṛṣṭaṃ phalaṃ yaśo rājyaṃ vartate yuddhasyety ata āha na kāṅkṣa iti

Baladeva: evaṃ tattva-jñāna-pratikūlaṃ śokam uktvā tat-pratikūlāṃ viparīta-buddhim āha na ceti | āhave svajanaṃ hatvā śreyo naiva paśyāmīti | dvāv imau puruṣau loke sūrya-maṇḍala-bhedinau | parivrāḍ yoga-yuktaś ca raṇe cābhimukhe hataḥ || ity ādinā hatasya śreyaḥ-smaraṇāt hantur me na kiñcic chreyaḥ | asvajanam iti vā cchedaḥ asvajana-vadhe 'pi śreyaso 'bhāvāt svajana-vadhe punaḥ kutastarāṃ tad ity arthaḥ |
nanu yaśo-rājya-lābho dṛṣṭaṃ phalam astīti cet tatrāha na kāṅkṣa iti | rājyādi-spṛhā-virahād upāye vijaye mama pravṛttir na yuktā, randhane yathā bhojanechā-virahiṇaḥ | tasmād araṇya-nivasanam evāsmākaṃ ślāghya-jīvanatvaṃ bhāvīti

BhG 1.32-35
kiṃ no rājyena govinda kiṃ bhogair jīvitena vā |
yeṣām arthe kāṅkṣitaṃ no rājyaṃ bhogāḥ sukhāni ca

ta ime 'vasthitā yuddhe prāṇāṃs tyaktvā dhanāni ca |
ācāryāḥ pitaraḥ putrās tathaiva ca pitāmahāḥ

mātulāḥ śvaśurāḥ pautrāḥ śyālāḥ saṃbandhinas tathā |
etān na hantum icchāmi ghnato 'pi madhusūdana

api trailokyarājyasya hetoḥ kiṃ nu mahīkṛte |
nihatya dhārtarāṣṭrān naḥ kā prītiḥ syāj janārdana

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Śrīdhara: etad eva prapañcayati kiṃ no rājyena ity ādi sārdha-dvayena | ta ime iti | yad-artham asmākaṃ rājyādikam apekṣitam te ete prāṇa-dhanāni tyaktvā tyāgam aṅgīkṛtya yuddhārtham avasthitāḥ | ataḥ kim asmākaṃ rājyādibhiḥ kṛtyam ity arthaḥ |
nanu yadi kṛpayā tvam etān na haṃsi tarhi tvām ete rājya-lobhena haniṣyanty eva | atas tvam evaitān hatvā rājyaṃ bhuṅkṣveti | tatrāha etān ity ādi sārdhena | ghnato 'pi asmān mārayato 'pi etān | apīti | trailokya-rājyasyāpi hetoḥ tat-prāpty-artham api hantuṃ necchāmi | kiṃ punar mahīmātra-prāptaya ity arthaḥ ||32-35||
Viśvanātha: Nothing.
Baladeva: govindeti | gāḥ sarvendriya-vṛttīḥ vindasīti tvam eva me manogataṃ pratīhīty arthaḥ | rājyādy-anākāṅkṣāyāṃ hetum āha yeṣām iti | prāṇān prāṇāśāṃ dhanāni9 dhanāśām iti laksaṇayā bodhyam | sva-prāṇa-vyaye 'pi sva-bandhu-sukhārthā rājya-spṛhā syāt teṣām apy atra nāśa-prāpter apārthaiva yuddhe pravṛttir iti bhāvaḥ |
nanu tvaṃ cet kāruṇikas etān na hanyās tarhi te sva-rājyaṃ niṣkaṇṭakaṃ kartuṃ tvām eva hanyur iti cet tatrāh etān iti | māṃ ghnato 'pi hiṃsato 'py etān hantum ahaṃ necchāmi | trailokya-rājyasya prāptaye 'pi kiṃ punar bhū-mātrasya |
nanv anvayān hitvā dhṛtarāṣṭra-putrā eva hantavyā, bahu-duḥkha-dātṝṇāṃ teṣāṃ ghāte sukha-sambhavād iti cet tatrāha nihatyeti | dhārtarāṣṭrān duryodhanādīn nihatya sthitānāṃ naḥ pāṇḍāvānāṃ kā prītiḥ prasannatā syān na kāpīti acira-sukhābhāsa-spṛhayā ciratara-naraka-hetu-bhrāṛho na yogya iti bhāvaḥ | he janārdaneti yady ete hantavyās tarhi bhūbhārāpahārī tvam eva tān hahi pareśasya te pāpa-gandha-sambandho na bhaved iti vyajyate ||32-35||
BhG 1.36
pāpam evāśrayed asmān hatvaitān ātatāyinaḥ |
tasmān nārhā vayaṃ hantuṃ dhārtarāṣṭrān svabāndhavān |
svajanaṃ hi kathaṃ hatvā sukhinaḥ syāma mādhava

Śrīdhara: nanu ca agnido garadaś caiva śastra-pāṇir dhanāpahaḥ | kṣetra-dārāpahārī ca ṣaḍ ete hy ātatāyinaḥ || iti smaraṇād agni-dāhādibhiḥ ṣaḍbhir hetubhir ete tāvad ātatāyinaḥ ātatāyināṃ ca vadho yukta eva | ātatāyinam āyāntaṃ hanyād evāvicārayan | nātatāyi-vadhe doṣo hantur bhavati kaścana || iti vacanāt |
tatrāha pāpam evety ādi-sārdhena | ātatāyinam āyāntam ity ādikam artha-śāstram | tac ca dharma-śāstrāt durbalam | yathoktaṃ yājñavalkyena smṛtyor virodhe nyāyas tu balavān vyavahārataḥ | artha-śāstrāt tu balavān dharma-śāstram iti sthitiḥ || iti | tasmād ātatāyinām apy eteṣām ācāryādīnāṃ vadhe 'smākaṃ pāpam eva bhavet | anyāyyatvād adharmatvāc caitad vadhasya amutra ceha vā na sukhaṃ syād ity āha svajanam iti

Viśvanātha: nanu agnido garadaś caiva śastra-pāṇir dhanāpahaḥ | kṣetra-dārāpahārī ca ṣaḍ ete hy ātatāyinaḥ || iti | ātatāyinam āyāntaṃ hanyād evāvicārayan | nātatāyi-vadhe doṣo hantur bhavati kaścana || ity ādi-vacanād eṣāṃ vadha ucita eveti | tatrāha pāpam iti | etān hatvā sthitān asmān | ātatāyinam āyāntam ity ādikam artha-śāstraṃ dharma-śāstrāt durbalam | yad uktaṃ yājñavalkyena artha-śāstrāt tu balavad dharma-śāstram iti smṛtam || iti | tasmād ācāryādīnāṃ vadhe pāpaṃ syād eva | na caihikaṃ sukham api syād ity āha svajanam iti

Baladeva: nanu agnido garadaś caiva śastra-pāṇir dhanāpahaḥ | kṣetra-dārāpahārī ca ṣaḍ ete hy ātatāyinaḥ || ātatāyinam āyāntaṃ hanyād evāvicārayan | nātatāyi-vadhe doṣo hantur bhavati kaścana || ity ukter eṣāṃ ṣaḍ-vidhyenātatāyināṃ yukto vadha iti cet tatrāha pāpam iti | etān hatvā sthitān asmān pāpam eva bandhu-kṣaya-hetukam āśrayet | ayaṃ bhāvaḥ ātatāyinam āyāntam ity ādikam artha-śāstraṃ mā hiṃsyāt sarva-bhūtāni iti dharma-śāstrāt durbalam | artha-śāstrāt tu balavad dharma-śāstram iti sthitiḥ || iti smṛteḥ | tasmād durbalārtha-śāstra-balena pūjyānāṃ droṇa-bhīṣmādīnāṃ vadhaḥ pāpa-hetur eveti
| na ca śreyo 'nupaśyāmīty ārabhyoktam upasaṃharati tasmād iti | pāpa-sambhavāt | daihika-sukhasyāpy abhāvāc cety arthaḥ | na hi gurubhir bandhu-janaiś ca vināsmākaṃ rājya-bhogaḥ sukhāyāpi tu anutāpāyaiva sampatsyate | he mādhaveti śrīpatis tvam aśrīke yuddhe kathaṃ pravartayasiīti bhāvaḥ

BhG 1.37
yady apy ete na paśyanti lobhopahata-cetasaḥ |
kula-kṣaya-kṛtaṃ doṣaṃ mitra-drohe ca pātakam

kathaṃ na jñeyam asmābhiḥ pāpād asmān nivartitum |
kulakṣayakṛtaṃ doṣaṃ prapaśyadbhir janārdana

Śrīdhara: nanu tavaiteṣām api bandhu-vadha-doṣe samāne sati yathaivaite bandhu-vadha-doṣam aṅgīkṛtyāpi yuddhe pravartate | tathaiva bhavān api pravartatāṃ kim anena viṣādenety ata āha yadyapīti dvābhyām | rājya-lobhenopahataṃ bhraṣṭa-vivekaṃ ceto yeṣāṃ te ete duryodhanādayo yadyapi doṣaṃ na paśyanti, tathāpi asmābhir doṣaṃ prapaśyadbhir asmāt pāpāt nivartituṃ kathaṃ na jñeyaṃ nivṛttāv eva buddhiḥ kartavyety arthaḥ ||37-38||
Viśvanātha: nanv ete tarhi kathaṃ yuddhe vartante | tatrāha yadyapīti ||37-38||
Baladeva: nanu āhūto na nivarteta dyūtād api raṇād api viditaṃ kṣatriyasyeti kṣatra-dharma-smaraṇāt tair āhūtānāṃ bhavatāṃ yuddhe pravṛttir yukteti cet tatrāha yadyapīhi dvābhyām | pāpe pravṛttau lobhas teṣāṃ hetur asmākaṃ tu lobha-virahān na tatra pravṛttir iti | iṣṭa-sāvadhānatā-jñānaṃ khalu pravartakam | iṣṭaṃ cāniṣṭān anubandhi-vācyam | yad uktam -
phalato 'pi ca yat karma nānārthenānubadhyate |
kevala-prīti-hetutvāt tad-dharm iti kathyate || iti |
tathā ca śyenenābhicaran yajeta ity ādi śāstrokte 'pi śyenādāv ivāniṣṭānubandhitvād yuddhe 'smin naḥ pravṛttir na yukteti | āhūta ity ādi śāstraṃ tu kula-kṣaya-doṣaṃ vinā bhūta-viṣayaṃ bhāvi | he janārdaneti prāgvat ||37-38||
BhG 1.39
kulakṣaye praṇaśyanti kuladharmāḥ sanātanāḥ |
dharme naṣṭe kulaṃ kṛtsnam adharmo 'bhibhavaty uta

Śrīdhara: tam eva doṣaṃ darśayati kula-kṣaya ity ādi | sanātanāḥ parasparāprāptāḥ | uta api avaśiṣṭaṃ kṛtsnam api kulam adharmo 'bhibhavati vyāpnotīty arthaḥ

Viśvanātha: kula-kṣaya iti sanātanāḥ kula-parasparā-prāptatvena bahu-kālataḥ prāptā ity arthaḥ

Baladeva: doṣam eva prapañcayati kula-kṣaya iti | kula-dharmāḥ kulocitā agni-hotrādayo dharmāḥ sanātanāḥ kula-paraspara-prāptāḥ praṇaśyanti kartur vināśāt | utety apy arthe kṛtsnam ity anena sambadhyate | dharme naṣṭe saty avaśiṣṭaṃ bālādi-kṛtsnam api kulam adharmo 'bhibhavati satīty arthaḥ

BhG 1.40
adharmābhibhavāt kṛṣṇa praduṣyanti kulastriyaḥ |
strīṣu duṣṭāsu vārṣṇeya jāyate varṇa-saṃkaraḥ

Śrīdhara: tataś ca adharmābhibhavād ity ādi

Viśvanātha: praduṣyantīti | adharma eva tā vyabhicāre pravartayatīti bhāvaḥ

Baladeva: tataś cādharmābhibhavād iti | asmad-bhartṛbhir dharmam ullaṅghya yathā̆akula-kṣaya-lakṣaṇe pāpe vartitaṃ, tathāsmābhiḥ pātivratyam avajñāya durācāre vartitavyam iti durbuddhi-hatāḥ kula-striyaḥ praduṣyeyur ity arthaḥ

BhG 1.41
saṃkaro narakāyaiva kulaghnānāṃ kulasya ca |
patanti pitaro hy eṣāṃ luptapiṇḍodakakriyāḥ

Śrīdhara: evaṃ sati saṅkara ity ādi | eṣāṃ kula-ghnānāṃ pitaraḥ patanti | hi yasmāt luptāḥ piṇḍodaka-kriyā yeṣāṃ te tathā |
Viśvanātha: Nothing.
Baladeva: kulasya saṅkaraḥ kula-ghnānāṃ narakāyaiveti yojanā | na kevalaṃ kula-ghnā eva narake patanti, kintu tat-pitaro 'pīty āha patantīti hir hetau | paṇḍādi dātṝṇāṃ putrādīnām abhāvād vilupta-piṇḍādi-kriyā santas te narakāyaiva patanti

BhG 1.42
doṣair etaiḥ kulaghnānāṃ varṇasaṃkarakārakaiḥ |
utsādyante jātidharmāḥ kuladharmāś ca śāśvatāḥ

Śrīdhara: ukta-doṣam upasaṃharati doṣair iti dvābhyāṃ | utsādyante lupyante | jāti-dharmā varṇa-dharmāḥ kula-dharmāś ceti ca-kārād āśrama-dharmādayo 'pi gṛhyante

Viśvanātha: doṣair iti | utsādyante lupyante

Baladeva: ukta-doṣam upasaṃharati doṣair iti dvābhyāṃ | utsādyante vilupyante | jāti-dharmāḥ kṣatriyatvādi-nirbandhanāḥ | kula-dharmās tv asādhāraṇāḥ | ca-śabdād āśrama-dharmā grāhyāḥ

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utsanna-kula-dharmāṇāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ janārdana |
narake niyataṃ vāso bhavatīty anuśuśruma

Śrīdhara: utsanneti | utsannāḥ kula-dharmā yeṣām iti utsanna-jāti-dharmānām apy upalakṣaṇam | anuśuśruma śrutavanto vayam | prāyaścittam akurvāṇāḥ pāpeṣu niratā narāḥ | apaśāt-tāpinaḥ kaṣṭān nirayān yānti dāruṇān || ity ādi vacanebhyaḥ

Viśvanātha: Nothing.
Baladeva: utsanneti | jāti-dharmādīnāṃ upalakṣaṇam etat | anuśuśruma śrutavanto vayaṃ guru-mukhāt | prāyaścittam akurvāṇāḥ pāpeṣu niratā narāḥ | apaśāt-tāpinaḥ kaṣṭān nirayān yānti dāruṇān || ity ādi vākyaiḥ

BhG 1.44
aho bata mahat pāpaṃ kartuṃ vyavasitā vayam |
yad rājyasukhalobhena hantuṃ svajanam udyatāḥ

Śrīdhara: bandhu-vadhādhyavasāyena santy upamāne āha aho batetyādi | svajanaṃ hantum udyatā iti yat etan-mahat-pāpaṃ kartum adhyavasāyaṃ kṛtavanto vayam | aho bata mahat kaṣṭam ity arthaḥ

Viśvanātha: Nothing.
Baladeva: bandhu-vadhādhyavasāyenāpi pāpaṃ sambhāvyānupapannāha aho iti | bateti sandehe

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yadi mām apratīkāram aśastraṃ śastra-pāṇayaḥ |
dhārtarāṣṭrā raṇe hanyus tan me kṣemataraṃ bhavet

Śrīdhara: evaṃ santaptaḥ san mṛtyum evāśaṃsamāna āha yadi mām ity ādi | apratīkāraṃ tuṣṇīm upaviṣṭaṃ māṃ yadi haniṣyanti tarhi tad-dhananaṃ mama kṣemataram atyantaṃ hitaṃ bhavet pāpāniṣpatteḥ

Viśvanātha: Nothing.
Baladeva: nanu tvayi bandhu-vadhād vinivṛtte 'pi bhīṣmādibhir yuddhotsukais tva-vadhaḥ syād eva tataḥ kiṃ vidheyam iti cet tatrāha yadi mām ity ādi | apratīkāram akṛta-mad-vadhādhyavasāya-pāpa-prāyaścittam | kṣemataram atihitaṃ prāṇānta-prāyaścittenaivaitat pāpāvamarjanam | bhīṣmādayas tu na tat-pāpa-phalaṃ prāpsyanty eveti bhāvaḥ

BhG 1.46
evam uktvārjunaḥ saṃkhye rathopastha upāviśat |
visṛjya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ śokasaṃvignamānasaḥ

Śrīdhara: tataḥ kiṃ vṛttam ity apekṣāyāṃ sañjaya uvāca evam uktvety ādi | saṅkhye saṅgrāme rathopasthe rathasyopari upāviśat upaviveśa | śokena saṃvignaṃ prakampitaṃ mānasaṃ cittaṃ yasya saḥ

iti śrī-śrīdhara-svāmi-kṛtāyāṃ bhagavad-gītā-ṭīkāyāṃ subodhinyām
arjuna-viṣādo nāma prathamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||
Viśvanātha: saṅkhye saṅgrāme | rathopasthe rathopari |
iti sārārtha-varṣiṇyāṃ harṣiṇyāṃ bhakta-cetasām |
gītāsu prathamo 'dhyāyaḥ saṅgataḥ saṅgataḥ satām

Baladeva: tataḥ kim abhūd ity apekṣāyāṃ sañjaya uvāca evam utveti | saṅkhye yuddhe rathopasthe rathopari upāviśat upaviveśa | pūrvaṃ yuddhāya pratiyoddhṛ-vilokanāya cotthitaḥ san ||
ahiṃsrasyātma-jijñāsā dayārdrasyopajāyate |
tad viruddhasya naiveti prathamād upadhāritam