Verse 36
Transilteration keys:
ni-ha-tya dhA-rta-rA-SHTrA-nnaH
kA prI-tiH syA-jja-nA-rda-na |
pA-pa-maE-vA-shra-yaE-da-smAn
ha-tvai-tA-nA-ta-tA-yi-naH ||36||
" O Janardhana, what delight shall be ours after killing the sons of Dhritarastra? On killing these desperadoes, sin only will take hold of us"
Analysis:
Here according to Arjuna, killing Dhritarastra's sons and his
associates would bring no good but the
Pandavas will only acquire the sins. In other words, Arjuna doesn't have any
intention of killing Dhritarastra's sons at that moment.
Lord Manu says in his famous code (VIII 350-51) that " an attacking desperado must be killed without any hesitation. No sin accrues to a slayer, when he slays a desperado."
Vasista-smriti defines desperado as, " Criminals guilty of the following six forms of crime - setting fire to a house; administration of poison; attempt to attack with weapon in hand; robbing of wealth; dispossessing a rightful owner of his land; abduction of a woman." In Duryodhana and his associates all these marks of desperadoes could be found. By setting fire to the house made of lac (wax), they attempted on the life of Pandavas; Bhisma had been given poison, with his food; and now they came prepared, weapon in hand, to kill the Pandavas in the battle. In the game of dice, they had defrauded the Pandavas of all their wealth and even of their kingdom. By dragging Draupadi to the open court they had subjected her to a barbarous form of ignominy, and Jayadratha had even tried to abduct her. Under these circumstances the idea of sin accruing from killing Duryodhana and his friends should not have occurred to Arjuna's mind.
Verse 36 contributed by Udaya Tantry
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