Shloka 42
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 47 — Arjuna’s Deterrent Declaration
Sañjaya’s Report
यदा स सेनापतिरप्रमेय: परामृदनन्निषुभिर्धार्तराष्ट्रान् । द्रोणं रणे शत्रुसहो5भियाता तदा युद्ध धार्तराष्ट्रोडन्वतप्स्यत्
sañjaya uvāca |
yadā sa senāpatir aprameyaḥ parāmṛdnann iṣubhir dhārtarāṣṭrān |
droṇaṃ raṇe śatrusahaḥ abhiyātā tadā yuddhaṃ dhārtarāṣṭro ’nvatapsyat ||
قال سنجيا: «حين يَسحق ذلك القائد الذي لا يُقاس—دْرِشْتَديومْنَ، القادر على مواجهة الأعداء في ساحة القتال—أبناءَ دِهْرِتَراشْتْرَ بسِهامه، ويتقدّم ليهاجم دْرُونا في المعركة، عندئذٍ سيحترق دُريودْهَنَ ندمًا، مُفكّرًا فيما جرّتْه الحربُ عليه.»
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the moral consequence of choosing adharma: aggressive ambition and refusal of peace lead to inevitable suffering, and the instigator (here, Duryodhana) is later consumed by remorse when the destructive results unfold.
Sañjaya foretells a battlefield scene: Dṛṣṭadyumna, the Pāṇḍava commander, will overpower the Kauravas with arrows and move to attack Droṇa; witnessing the war’s grim turn, Duryodhana will be tormented by regret over the outcome he set in motion.