सूत उवाच एवं परीक्षता धर्मं पार्थ: कृष्णेन चोदित: । नैच्छद्धन्तुं गुरुसुतं यद्यप्यात्महनं महान् ॥ ४० ॥
suta uvaca evam pariksata dharmam parthah krsnena coditah naicchad dhantum guru-sutam yadyapy atma-hanam mahan
- sutah
- Suta Gosvami
- uvaca
- said
- evam
- this
- pariksata
- being examined
- dharmam
- in the matter of duty
- parthah
- Sri Arjuna
- krsnena
- by Lord Krsna
- coditah
- being encouraged
- na aicchat
- did not like
- hantum
- to kill
- guru-sutam
- the son of his teacher
- yadyapi
- although
- atma-hanam
- murderer of sons
- mahan
- very great.
Suta Gosvami said: Although Krsna, who was examining Arjuna in religion, encouraged Arjuna to kill the son of Dronacarya, Arjuna, a great soul, did not like the idea of killing him, although Asvatthama was a heinous murderer of Arjuna’s family members.