Shloka 56
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 47 — Arjuna’s Deterrent Declaration
Sañjaya’s Report
यदा मन्द: परबाणान् विमुक्तान् ममेषुभिह्ठियमाणान् प्रतीपम् । तिर्यग्विध्याच्छिद्यमानान् पृषत्कै- स्तदा युद्ध धार्तराष्ट्रोडन्वतप्स्यत्
yadā mandaḥ parabāṇān vimuktān mameṣubhiḥ pratīpaṃ nivāryamāṇān | tiryag vidhyāc chidyamānān pṛṣatkaiḥ tadā yuddhe dhārtarāṣṭro ’nutapsyati ||
Sañjaya sprach: „Im Kampf werden die Pfeile, die andere Helden abschießen, von meinen Geschossen aufgehalten und zurückgetrieben. Und andere meiner Pfeile werden quer treffen, die feindlichen Salven durchbohren und in Stücke schneiden. Wenn der stumpfsinnige Dhārtarāṣṭra (Duryodhana) dies sieht, wird er bitter bereuen, diesen Krieg entfacht zu haben.“
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Arrogant aggression in adharma leads to foreseeable suffering: when one initiates war out of pride and misjudgment, the inevitable sight of destruction and defeat becomes the cause of intense remorse.
Sañjaya describes a battlefield scenario in which a warrior’s superior archery repels and shatters the enemy’s arrows; witnessing this, Duryodhana (Dhārtarāṣṭra) is predicted to feel deep regret for having started the conflict.