SB 1.7.40
TEXT 40
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TEXT
सूत उवाच
एवं परीक्षता धर्मं पार्थः कृष्णेन चोदितः । नैच्छद्द्हन्तुं गुरुसुतं यद्यप्यात्महनं महान् ॥ ४० ॥ sūta uvaca
evam pariksata dharmam
parthaḥ krsnena coditaḥ
naicchadd hantum guru-sutam
yadyapy atma-hanam mahan
sūtaḥ-Sūta Gosvami; uvaca-said; evam-this; pariksata-being examined; darmam-in the matter of duty; parthaḥ-Sri Arjuna; krsnena-by Lord Krsna; coditaḥ-being encouraged; na aicchat-did not like; hantum-to kill; guru-sutam-the son of his teacher; yadyapi-although; atma-hanam-murderer of sons; mahan-very great.
TRANSLATION
Sūta Gosvami said: Despite being instructed in his duty and encouraged to kill the son of Dronacarya, Arjuna, a great soul, did not like the idea of killing him, although he was a heinous murderer of his family members.
Arjuna was a great soul undoubtedly, which is proved here also. He is encouraged herein personally by the Lord to kill the son of Drona, but Arjuna considers that the son of his great teacher should be spared, for he happens to be the son of Dronacarya, even though he is an unworthy son. He had done all sorts of heinous acts whimsically for no one's benefit.
Lord Sri Krsna encouraged Arjuna outwardly just to test Arjuna's sense of duty. It is not that Arjuna was incomplete in the sense of his duty, nor was Lord Sri Krsna unaware of Arjuna's sense of duty. But Lord Sri Krsna put to test many of His pure devotees just to magnify the sense of duty. The gopis were put to such tests as well. Prahlada Maharaja also was put to such a test. All pure devotees come out successful in the respective tests by the Lord.
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