Shloka 2
Adhyāya 86: Irāvān’s Lineage, Cavalry Clash, and the Māyā-Duel Ending in Irāvān’s Fall
न चैव मापकं किंचिद्धृष्ट शंससि संजय । नित्यं पाण्डुसुतान् हृष्टानभग्नान् सम्प्रशंससि
na caiva māpakaṃ kiñcid dṛṣṭaṃ śaṃsasi saṃjaya | nityaṃ pāṇḍusutān hṛṣṭān abhagnān sampraśaṃsasi ||
قال دِهْرِتَرَاشْتْرَا: «ومع ذلك يا سَنجايا، لا تذكر لي شيئًا أعدّه بشارةً لصالحي. بل إنك يومًا بعد يوم لا تزال تمدح أبناء باندو بأنهم فرحون غير منكسرين—لم يُهزموا بعد.»
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how attachment and partisanship shape perception: Dhṛtarāṣṭra longs for reassuring news for his own side, while the narrator’s repeated praise of the Pāṇḍavas underscores their resilience and the moral-psychological tension of hearing unwelcome truth.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra complains to Sañjaya that he has not heard any encouraging report for the Kauravas; instead, Sañjaya keeps describing the Pāṇḍavas as confident and unbroken in the ongoing Kurukṣetra war.