Part of Duryodhana's speech before dying:
मन्यमानः प्रभावं च कृष्णस्यामित तेजसः
[Duryodhana: I contemplate the greatness of kR^iShNa whose splendor in subjugating the enemies of his devotees is immeasurable]
Compare this to वेदाहमेतं पुरुषं महान्तं आदित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात्+
मन्यमानः प्रभावं च कृष्णस्यामित तेजसः
[Duryodhana: I contemplate the greatness of kR^iShNa whose splendor in subjugating the enemies of his devotees is immeasurable]
Compare this to वेदाहमेतं पुरुषं महान्तं आदित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात्+
After saying bhagavAn subjugates the enemies of his devotees, Duryodhana says he is even accessible to those enemies,
तेन न च्यावितश् चाहं क्षत्रधर्मात् स्वनुष्ठितात्
[By him (thru balarAma), I have not slipped from observance of kShatriya dharma - thus I have gained Svarga]+
तेन न च्यावितश् चाहं क्षत्रधर्मात् स्वनुष्ठितात्
[By him (thru balarAma), I have not slipped from observance of kShatriya dharma - thus I have gained Svarga]+
Duryodhana accepts he is not fit to be a kShatriya. Yet, he gains the fruits of kShatriya dharma.
स मया समनुप्राप्तो नास्मि शोच्यः कथं चन.
[He, of great accessibility, has been attained by me. None should grieve for me.]+
स मया समनुप्राप्तो नास्मि शोच्यः कथं चन.
[He, of great accessibility, has been attained by me. None should grieve for me.]+
"स मया समनुप्राप्तो" means, "By by anugraha, I who am a great sinner, who was his enemy, have attained him who is accessible to all including me."
This is a reflection of balarAma's greatness, that even a sinner like Duryodhana finally understood bhagavAn.//
This is a reflection of balarAma's greatness, that even a sinner like Duryodhana finally understood bhagavAn.//
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