228
§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§
[[Madhya-līlā, Ch. 16
TEXT 1444
তুমি জান, কৃষ্ণ নিজ-প্রতিজ্ঞা ছাড়িলা । 
    ভক্ত কৃপা-বশে ভীষ্মের প্রতিজ্ঞা রাখিলা ॥ ১৪৪ ॥
tumi jāna, krṣṇa nija-pratijñā chāḍilā bhakta krpā-vaśe bhīṣmera pratijñā rākhilā
SYNONYMS
tumi jāna —you know;  kṛṣṇa —Lord Kṛṣṇa;  nija-pratijñā —His own promise;  chāḍilā —gave up;  bhakta kṛpā-vaśe —being obliged by the devotional service of a devotee;  bhīṣmera —of Grandfather Bhīṣma;  pratijñā rākhilā —kept the promise.
TRANSLATION
“You should know that Lord Krşna Himself violated His own promise just to keep the promise of Grandfather Bhīşma.
TEXT 1455
স্বনিগমমপহায় মৎপ্রতিজ্ঞ।-       
 
  মৃতমধিকর্তৃ মবপ্লুতো রথস্থ:  ।      
 
 ধৃতরথচরণোহভ্যয়াচ্চলদ্গু-      
 
  হরিরিব হস্তমিভং গতোত্তরীয়:  ॥ ১৪৫ ॥
svanigamam apahāya mat-pratijñām  
 ṛtam adhikartum avapluto ratha-sthaḥ  
 dhṛta-ratha-caraṇo ‘bhyayāc caladgur  
 harir iva hantum ibhaṁ gatottarīyaḥ
SYNONYMS
sva-nigamam —His own promise not to take a weapon and fight on behalf of the Pāṇḍavas;  apahāya —giving up;  mat-pratijñām —my promise;  ṛtam —true;  adhikartum —to make more;  avaplutaḥ —having jumped down;  ratha-sthaḥ —who was on the chariot (Lord Kṛṣṇa);  dhṛta —who took up;  ratha-caraṇaḥ —the wheel of the chariot;  abhyayāt —ran forward;  calat-guḥ —making the entire planet tremble;  hariḥ —a lion;  iva —like;  hantum —to kill;  ibham —an elephant;  gata-uttarīyaḥ —losing the outer garment.
TRANSLATION
“ ‘Intending to make my promise true, Lord Krṣṇa broke His own promise not to take up a weapon at Kurukṣetra. With His outer garment falling off,