Chapter 11: Viśvarūpa-darśana-yoga:: Verse 34
द्रोणं च भीष्मं च जयद्रथं च
कर्णं तथान्यानपि योधवीरान् ।
मया हतांस्त्वं जहि मा व्यथिष्ठा
युध्यस्व जेतासि रणे सपत्नान् ॥
droṇaṃ ca bhīṣmaṃ ca jayadrathaṃ ca
karṇaṃ tathānyān-api yodha-vīrān
mayā hatāṃs-tvaṃ jahi mā vyathiṣṭhā
yudhyasva jetāsi raṇe sapatnān – 11.34
Kill Drona, Bheeshma, Jayadratha, Karna and the other brave fighters. Be not pained or troubled. They are (already) slain by Me (the Supreme). Fight, and win over the adversaries in the battle.
Chapter 11: Viśvarūpa-darśana-yoga: - Verse 34
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Krishna becomes more specific and firm. He singles out the great heroes, exhorting Arjuna to kill them, stating that they are already slain by the Supreme. As is the ceaseless revolution of earth, so the event of Kurukshetra battle also is a handiwork of Time. Krishna asks Arjuna to be impersonal in his vision.
Arjuna has to fight and kill a number of others also in the enemy camps. Krishna says all of them are out to kill his army. Arjuna should forestall their attempt. To strike an enemy, no hurt or doubt is to be fostered. It is part of the benign duty of the kshatriyas to the subjects.
