Victory to you Krishna, victory to you Arjuna

the insults I spewed because of heavy sorrow

do not take to heart, O great archer

those who think of you will have God’s blessings!

sloka:

After prostrating before Lord Vishnu, the Ocean of Mercy, and collecting all the Brahmin’s boys, Arjuna boarded the chariot with Krishna, returned to earth, reached the Brahmin’s home with a sense of accomplishment, clasped his hands humbly and spoke to the Brahmin and returned his sons to him.

Arjuna, my friend, don’t be angry

you are dying for no reason

I am going to accomplish

whatever you have set your mind on

Don’t be sad, all the Brahmin’s

blessed boys are safe and

living with no distress at all,

let’s go and bring them

Enough of what you said, enough of this disgrace

I have had enough; I dropped your

name and boasted about it

enough is enough, I have decided!

A Brahmin weighed down with the loss of his son

heaped abuses on you

and yet you didn’t utter a single word in reply

what a disgrace this!

For a Kshatriya on this earth

it's better to embrace death

than see subjects being insulted

Don't be rash! Don't be reckless!

Am I not here for you?

Isn’t it known the world over that

you have no problem achieving anything?

All the help I gave you earlier

have you already forgotten?

What did I do to make you

even forget me, my friend?

Sloka:

After building a pyre with his arrows, and setting fire to it, Arjuna was about to jump into it when Krishna, the personification of generosity, reached there, stopped Arjuna and spoke thus.

Sloka:

Arjuna, after listening to Indra and returning from the heavens, searched all over the world for the sons of the Brahmin and failing to find them realises Krishna is subjecting him to a test and decided to jump into the fire and end his life.
 

Sloka:

After hearing his wife’s sobbing words from inside the labour room, the Brahmin was devastated and fainted. Just as a fire stoked by wind, the Brahmin rose up blinded by fury and condemned Arjuna in the strongest of terms.