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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.8.47
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 47
- āha rājā dharma-sutaś
- cintayan suhṛdāṁ vadham
- prākṛtenātmanā viprāḥ
- sneha-moha-vaśaṁ gataḥ
āhasaid — said; rājāKing Yudhiṣṭhira — King Yudhiṣṭhira; dharmathe son of Dharma (Yamarāja)-sutaḥthe son of Dharma (Yamarāja) — the son of Dharma (Yamarāja); cintayanthinking of — thinking of; suhṛdāmof the friends — of the friends; vadhamkilling — killing; prākṛtenaby material conception only — by material conception only; ātmanāby the self — by the self; viprāḥO brāhmaṇa — O brāhmaṇa; snehaaffection — affection; mohadelusion — delusion; vaśambeing carried away by — being carried away by; gataḥhaving gone — having gone.
King Yudhiṣṭhira, 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.
King Yudhiṣṭhira, 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 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 kṣatriya is bound to fight for the right cause, regardless of the opposite party. In such discharge 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 Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, 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 Bhīṣma as Arjuna was instructed by the Lord Himself.