अध्याय 9
श्लोक 9.1
[स] तत पराभग्नं बलं दृष्ट्वा मद्रराजः परतापवान उवाच सारथिं तूर्णं चॊदयाश्वान महाजवान
[sa] tata parābhagnaṃ balaṃ dṛṣṭvā madrarājaḥ paratāpavāna uvāca sārathiṃ tūrṇaṃ còdayāśvāna mahājavāna
हिन्दी अर्थ
अयं स काल: सम्प्राप्तो मित्राणां मित्रवत्सल
English
however, you fly away, breaking your array, the Pandavas, pursuing your sinful selves, will slay all of you. Death in battle, therefore, is for our good. Death in the field of battle while engaged in fight according to Kshatriya practices is pleasant. Such death produces no kind of grief. By encountering such a death, a person enjoys eternal happiness in the other world. Let all the Kshatriyas assembled here listen to me. It were better that they should even submit to the power of the angry Bhimasena than that they should abandon the duties practised by them from the days of their ancestors. There is no act more sinful for a Kshatriya than flight from battle. You Kauravas, there is not a better path to heaven than the duty of battle. The warrior acquires in a day regions of bliss (in the other world) that take many long years for others to acquire." Fulfilling those words of the king, the great Kshatriya car-warriors once more rushed against the Pandavas, unable to endure their defeat and firmly resolved to put forth their prowess. Then commenced a battle once more, that was exceedingly fierce, between thy troops and the enemy, and that resembled the one between the gods and the Asuras. Thy son Duryodhana then, O monarch, with all his troops, rushed against the Pandavas headed by Yudhishthira. '"