Shloka 22
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय २५: संजयदूतवाक्यम्
Sañjaya’s Envoy-Speech on Peace
कर्णश्र॒ जानाति सुयोधनश्च द्रोणक्ष जानाति पितामहश्न । अन्ये च ये कुरवस्तत्र सन्ति यथार्जुनान्नास्त्यपरो धनुर्धर:
karṇaś ca jānāti suyodhanaś ca droṇaś ca jānāti pitāmahaś ca | anye ca ye kuravas tatra santi yathārjunān nāsty aparo dhanurdharaḥ ||
Sañjaya sprach: Karna weiß es, und Suyodhana weiß es; Drona weiß es, und auch der ehrwürdige Bhishma weiß es. Ja, alle übrigen Kurus, die dort versammelt sind, kennen diese Wahrheit: Es gibt keinen Bogenschützen, der Arjuna gleichkommt.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even adversaries may clearly recognize true excellence; the ethical tension arises when, despite such knowledge, pride and political resolve still drive one toward war and its consequences.
Sañjaya reports a shared awareness among leading Kaurava figures—Karna, Duryodhana, Droṇa, Bhīṣma, and others—that Arjuna is without equal as an archer, setting the stakes and gravity of the impending conflict.