Shloka 6
अजिशीर्षे प्रातःसंध्यायां संग्रामवर्णनम् / Dawn-Transition Battle at Ajiśīrṣa
Chapter 161
येन साक्षान्महादेवो योधित: समरे पुरा । तमिच्छसि वृथा जेतुं सूताधम मनोरथै:,सूताधम! जिन्होंने समरांगणमें पहले साक्षात् महादेवजीके साथ युद्ध किया है, उन्हें केवल मनोरथोंद्वारा जीतनेकी तू व्यर्थ इच्छा प्रकट कर रहा है
yena sākṣān mahādevo yodhitaḥ samare purā | tam icchasi vṛthā jetuṃ sūtādhama manorathaiḥ ||
Sañjaya sprach: „O Niedrigster der Wagenlenker! Den, der einst im Kampf dem Mahādeva selbst von Angesicht zu Angesicht gegenüberstand, den willst du vergeblich mit bloßen Tagträumen und leeren Plänen besiegen.“
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Mere ambition and imagined confidence cannot replace proven strength and disciplined action; underestimating a formidable opponent—one who has even faced a divine power—reveals arrogance and leads to ruin.
Sañjaya rebukes a charioteer (addressed contemptuously as sūtādhama), warning that it is futile to think one can defeat a warrior renowned for having fought Mahādeva himself; the line underscores the opponent’s extraordinary prowess and the speaker’s attempt to curb reckless overconfidence.