Shloka 31
Dambhodbhava, Nara-Nārāyaṇa, and the Counsel to Abandon Hubris
Udyoga-parva 94
न पश्येम कुरून् सर्वान् पाण्डवांश्वैव संयुगे । क्षीणानुभयत: शूरान् रथिनो रथिभिहंतान्,युद्धके परिणामपर विचार करनेसे हमें समस्त कौरव और पाण्डव नष्टप्राय दिखायी देते हैं। दोनों ही पक्षोंके शूरवीर रथी रथियोंसे ही मारे जाकर नष्ट हो जायँगे
vaiśampāyana uvāca | na paśyema kurūn sarvān pāṇḍavāṁś caiva saṁyuge | kṣīṇān ubhayataḥ śūrān rathino rathibhir hatān ||
قال فايشَمبايانا: «إذا تأمّلنا عاقبة هذه الحرب رأينا أنّ الكورو ولا الباندافا سيبقون سالمين. ففي كلا الجانبين سَيُستنزَف أبطالُ القتال على العربات ويُبادون—راثِن يَصرَعُه راثِن—حتى يغدو الميدان خاليًا من خيرة الرجال.»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the moral and human cost of war: even when fought by renowned heroes, conflict consumes both sides. It frames the coming battle as a mutual ruin, warning that victory purchased through widespread destruction is ethically fraught and spiritually sobering.
In Udyoga Parva, as the war becomes unavoidable, the narrator Vaiśampāyana conveys a grim foresight: in the impending saṁyuga, the leading chariot-warriors of both the Kauravas and the Pāṇḍavas will be slain by their counterparts, leaving both factions devastated.