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Shloka 6

न पाण्डवेया न वयं नान्ये लोके धनुर्धरा: । युध्यमानस्य ते तुल्या: सत्यमेतद्‌ ब्रवीमि ते,युद्ध करते समय आपकी समानता न तो पाण्डव, न हमलोग और न संसारके दूसरे धनुर्धर ही कर सकते हैं, यह मैं आपसे सच्ची बात कहता हूँ

na pāṇḍaveyā na vayaṁ nānye loke dhanurdharāḥ | yudhyamānasya te tulyāḥ satyam etad bravīmi te ||

Duryodhana sagte: „Weder die Söhne Pāṇḍus noch wir selbst noch irgendein anderer Bogenschütze in der Welt kann dir gleichkommen, wenn du im Kampf stehst. Das sage ich dir als Wahrheit.“ Im Zusammenhang ist dies strategisches Lob — der Versuch, den Entschluss eines Verbündeten zu stärken und kriegerische Meisterschaft als entscheidend in einem Krieg darzustellen, dessen moralische Last bereits schwer wiegt.

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पाण्डवेयाःthe sons/descendants of Pāṇḍu (Pāṇḍavas)
पाण्डवेयाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपाण्डवेय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
nor
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
वयम्we
वयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormCommon, Nominative, Plural
nor
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अन्येothers
अन्ये:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
लोकेin the world
लोके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
धनुर्धराःbow-bearers, archers
धनुर्धराः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधनुर्धर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
युध्यमानस्यof (you) fighting
युध्यमानस्य:
TypeVerb
Rootयुध्
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
तेof you/your
ते:
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormCommon, Genitive, Singular
तुल्याःequal
तुल्याः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootतुल्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सत्यम्truth
सत्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसत्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
ब्रवीमिI say
ब्रवीमि:
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू
FormPresent, First, Singular, Parasmaipada
तेto you
ते:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormCommon, Dative, Singular

दुर्योधन उवाच

D
Duryodhana
P
Pāṇḍavas
A
archers (dhanurdharāḥ)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how praise and assertion of superiority are used as wartime rhetoric to strengthen morale and commitment. Ethically, it also shows how martial excellence can be invoked to overshadow deeper questions of dharma, shifting focus from justice to victory.

Duryodhana addresses a formidable ally/commander in the Drona Parva, declaring that no archer—neither the Pāṇḍavas, nor the Kauravas, nor anyone else—can equal him in battle. The statement is meant to encourage and secure decisive action in the ongoing Kurukṣetra war.