432 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 8
aha—said; raja—King Yudhisthira; dharma-sutah—the son of Dharma
(Yamaraja); cintayan—thinking of; su-hrdam—of the friends; vadham—
killing; prakrtena—by material conception only; atmana—by the self;
viprah—O_ brahmanas; sneha—affection; moha—delusion; vasam—being
carried away by; gatah—having gone.
TRANSLATION
King Yudhisthira, son of Dharma, overwhelmed by the death of his
friends, was aggrieved just like a common, materialistic man. O sages,
thus deluded by affection, he began to speak.
PURPORT
King Yudhisthira, though he was not expected to become aggrieved like
a common man, became deluded by worldly affection by the will of the
Lord (just as Arjuna was apparently deluded). A man who sees knows it well
that the living entity is neither the body nor the mind but is transcendental
to the material conception of life. The common man thinks of violence and
nonviolence in terms of the body, but that is a kind of delusion. Everyone
is duty-bound according to one’s occupational duties. A ksatriya is bound
to fight for the right cause, regardless of the opposite party. In such dis-
charge of duty, one should not be disturbed by annihilation of the material
body, which is only an external dress of the living soul. All this was
perfectly known to Maharaja Yudhisthira, but by the will of the Lord he
became just like a common man because there was another great idea
behind this delusion: the King would be instructed by Bhisma as Arjuna
was instructed by the Lord Himself.
TEXT 48
wa Hada ee ee TAA: |
soos ~ = ¢
TRFAETT Seq TRA Aseifecitem: [Ve I
aho me pasyatajnanam
hrdi ridharm duratmanah
parakyasyaiva dehasya
bahvyo me *ksauhinir hatah
aho-O; me—my; pasyata—just see; ajidnam—ignorance; hrdi—in the
heart; ridham—situated in; duratmanah—of the sinful; p@rakyasya—meant
