[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Mahābhārata and its versions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata) › [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) › [Bharatabhavadipa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha) › 6.26.1 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.26.1 Bhāratabhāvadīpa 6.26.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.26.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.1) arjune yuddhāduparate matputrā niṣkaṇṭakaṃ rājyaṃ prāpsyantītyāśāvantaṃ rājānaṃ prati sañjaya uvāca taṃ tatheti | tamarjunam | tathā “svajanaṃ hi kathaṃ hatvā sukhinaḥ syāma mādhava” ityuktaprakāreṇa kṛpayā snehena na tu dayayā paraduḥkhaprahāṇecchārūpayā | tasyāḥ paradaurbalyaniścayottarabhāvinyāḥ arjune “yadi vā no jayeyuḥ” iti svaparājayamāśaṅkamāne durbhaṇatvāt “yāneva hatvā na jijīviṣāmaḥ” iti snehātiśayasūcakavākyaśeṣavirodhācca | āviṣṭaṃ vyāptam | viṣīdantaṃ “sīdanti mama gātrāṇi” ityādinā uktarūpaṃ viṣādaṃ prāpnuvantam | idaṃ vakṣyamāṇaṃ vākyaṃ vacanīyam uvāca | madhusūdana iti duṣṭahantṛtvādevārjunaṃ nimittīkṛtya tvatputrānapi haniṣyatyeveti tvayā jayāśā na kāryeti bhāvaḥ || - [Previous: 6.25.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.25.47) - [Next: 6.26.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.2) - [Up: 6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.24.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.1) · Pramāṇa