Shloka 107
Ulūka’s Provocation and Keśava’s Counter-Message (उलूकदूत्ये केशवप्रत्युत्तरम्)
यदीदं कत्थनाल्लोके सिध्येत् कर्म धनंजय । सर्वे भवेयु: सिद्धार्था: कत्थने को हि दुर्गतः
yadīdaṁ katthanāl loke sidhyet karma dhanañjaya | sarve bhaveyuḥ siddhārthāḥ katthane ko hi durgataḥ ||
ধনঞ্জয়! যদি এই জগতে কেবল বড়াই করলেই কাজ সিদ্ধ হতো, তবে সকলেই সিদ্ধকাম হতো; কারণ কথা বানাতে কে-ই বা দরিদ্র বা দুর্বল থাকে?
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Mere self-praise or grand claims do not accomplish real objectives; success depends on genuine capability and action, not on empty rhetoric.
Sanjaya addresses Arjuna (Dhanañjaya) with a pointed observation: if boasting alone could bring results, everyone would be successful—highlighting the hollowness of talk without substance in the tense pre-war context.