Shloka 50
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 123 — Bhīṣma–Droṇa–Vidura Upadeśa to Duryodhana
Keśava-vākya aftermath
अशक्ता: सर्व एवैते प्रतियोद्धुं धनंजयम् । “तात! तुम्हारे निकट जो यह समस्त राजाओंकी सेना एकत्र हुई है, यह तथा भीष्म, द्रोण, कर्ण, कृपाचार्य, सोमदत्तपुत्र भूरिश्रवा, अश्वत्थामा और जयद्रथ--ये सभी मिलकर भी अर्जुनका सामना करनेमें समर्थ नहीं हैं || ४८-४९ हू ।।
aśaktāḥ sarva evaite pratiyoddhuṃ dhanañjayam | ajeyo hārjunaḥ saṅkhye sarvair api surāsuraiḥ | mānuṣair api gandharvair yuddhe ced āhitaḥ |
বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে—“ইয়াত থকা এই সকলো যোদ্ধাই ধনঞ্জয়ক প্ৰতিযোদ্ধা কৰিবলৈ অশক্ত। ৰণত অৰ্জুন দেৱ-অসুৰ সকলোৱে মিলিলেও অজেয়; মানুহ আৰু গন্ধৰ্বৰ দ্বাৰাও তেওঁ অপৰাজেয়। সেয়ে যুদ্ধৰ কথা নাভাবিবা।”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage emphasizes prudent, dharmic counsel: do not initiate or persist in a war when the outcome is foreseeably disastrous and unjustifiable. Recognizing an opponent’s overwhelming strength is used to argue for restraint and avoidance of needless slaughter.
Vaiśaṃpāyana reports a warning that the assembled forces cannot successfully oppose Arjuna. Arjuna is described as invincible even to divine and semi-divine beings, and this assessment is used to discourage the decision to go to war.