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“Greed can make even victory feel like a crime.”
यह बड़े आश्चर्य और खेद की बात है कि हमलोग बड़ा भारी पाप करने का निश्चय कर बैठे हैं, जो कि राज्य और सुख के लोभ से अपने स्वजनों को मारने के लिये तैयार हो गये हैं ॥
श्लोक क्रम में — हर संस्कृत शब्द और नीचे उसका अर्थ। किसी शब्द पर टैप करके उसे देखें।
शब्दशःalas indeed · to do · resolved · we · that · by greed for kingdom-pleasure · to kill
Arjuna sees the war as a terrible wrong. He feels they are driven by greed for power and pleasure, and ready to kill their own relatives.
यह श्लोक Arjuna द्वारा कहा गया है, कुरुक्षेत्र की भूमि पर, अध्याय "अर्जुन विषाद योग" में।
श्लोक 45 भगवद् गीता के 1वें अध्याय में है — अर्जुन विषाद योग। इस अध्याय में कुल 47 श्लोक हैं।
A shopkeeper tempted to pad the bill of an old family friend may catch himself mid-sum and feel ashamed. Arjuna catches himself the same way and names the motive plainly: greed for kingdom and pleasure.
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With an "alas", Arjuna admits his own side is ready to kill kin out of greed for kingdom.
इस श्लोक का अर्थ
Arjuna sees the war as a terrible wrong. He feels they are driven by greed for power and pleasure, and ready to kill their own relatives.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
Arjuna looks at the armies and recoils. To him the fight now feels like kin-killing for power and comfort, and victory has stopped mattering. This verse captures the moment his moral horror becomes explicit.
आज के जीवन में महत्व
A shopkeeper tempted to pad the bill of an old family friend may catch himself mid-sum and feel ashamed. Arjuna catches himself the same way and names the motive plainly: greed for kingdom and pleasure.
“A clear conscience can appear even in the middle of confusion.”
संबंधित विषय: arjuna vishada (14 श्लोक)