Shloka 146
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 3 — Sātyaki on Inner Disposition, Legitimacy, and Coercive Readiness
वेगं समर्था: संसोढुं वज़स्येव महीधरा: । जैसे बड़े-बड़े पर्वत भी वज्गजका वेग सहन करनेमें समर्थ नहीं हैं
vegaṃ samarthāḥ saṃsoḍhuṃ vajrasyeva mahīdharāḥ |
قال فايشَمبايانا: «حتى الجبال العظام لا تطيق اندفاع الصاعقة. وكذلك لا أحد منهم—وإن اشتاقوا إلى القتال وامتلأوا غضبًا—يملك القوة على احتمال شدة ضرباتي (ضربات ساتيَكي).»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses a thunderbolt–mountain simile to stress that uncontrolled wrath and the thirst for battle do not automatically confer true strength; real power is measured by the capacity to endure and prevail, not merely by aggressive intent.
In the Udyoga Parva’s tense pre-war atmosphere, the narration highlights martial confidence through a vivid comparison: just as mountains cannot bear a thunderbolt’s impact, the opponents are portrayed as unable to withstand the speaker’s (Sātyaki’s) attack-force.