[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) › 6.26.4 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.26.4 Bhāratabhāvadīpa 6.26.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.26.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.4) nanu śatravo vā svabhāvaduṣṭā vā tāpanīyāḥ na tu bāndhavāḥ sādhavaścetyarjuna uvāca - kathamiti | madhusūdanārisūdaneti sambodhayan tavāpi duṣṭānapi śatrūneva tāpayataḥ pūjārhau aduṣṭau gurū ca bhīṣmadroṇau jahīti vaktumayuktamiti sūcayati | samānārthakamidaṃ sambodhanadvayaṃ vaktuḥ śokena viklavatvānna paunaruktyadoṣāvahamityanye | iṣubhiriti | tābhyāṃ saha vācāpi yoddhumaśakyaṃ kimuta bāṇairiti bhāvaḥ || - [Previous: 6.26.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.3) - [Next: 6.26.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.5) - [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.6.24.4) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.4) · Pramāṇa