atha prāktanaṁ svāparādhaṁ tasmin dainyena vijñāpayann api ratim eva prārthayate—yudhi iti |
mama niśita- ity-ādikaṁ tu māyika-līlā-varṇanam eva |
evaṁ vadanti rājarṣe ṛṣayaḥ kecanānvitāḥ ity-ādi-nyāyena vāstavatva-virodhāt |
asaṅgaś cāvyayo’bhedyo’nigrāhyo’śoṣya eva ca | viddho’sṛg-ācito baddha iti viṣṇuḥ pradṛśyate ||
asurān mohayan devaḥ krīḍaty eṣa sureṣv api | mānuṣān madhyayā dṛṣṭyā na mukteṣu kathañcana ||
śrī-bhīṣmasya yuddha-samaye daityāviṣṭatvaṭ tathā bhānaṁ yuktam eva |
kintv adhunā duḥsvapna-duḥkhasyeva tasya nivedanaṁ kṛtam iti jñeyam |
kiṁ ca, turaga- ity-ādi mama niśita- ity-antair viśeṣaṇais tathāpy arjuna-sāhāyyāparityāgāt tasya bhakta-vātsalyaṁ darśitam |
svasyāparādhitve’pi sāmprataṁ tad-anugṛhītatvaṁ jñāpitam ||