Shloka 37
Sainyasaṅgraha and Bhāga-Vyavasthā (Forces Assembled and Rival Allocations) | सैन्यसंग्रह-भागव्यवस्था
पितामहं च द्रोणं च कृप॑ कर्ण च दुर्जयम् । जयद्रथं सोमदत्तम श्चवत्थामानमेव च
pitāmahaṃ ca droṇaṃ ca kṛpaṃ karṇaṃ ca durjayam | jayadrathaṃ somadattaṃ cāśvatthāmānam eva ca, tāta |
Duryodhana sprach: „Und ferner stehen auf unserer Seite der Ahnvater Bhīṣma, Droṇa, Kṛpa, der unbezwingbare Karṇa, Jayadratha, Somadatta und auch Aśvatthāmā, Vater. Sie alle sind hervorragende, strahlende, große Bogenschützen. Selbst Indra samt den Göttern könnte sie im Kampf nicht besiegen — was ist da erst von den Pāṇḍavas zu sagen?“
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how pride and reliance on sheer martial strength can distort judgment. Duryodhana measures success by the presence of famed warriors and assumes victory is guaranteed, overlooking the ethical and strategic complexities of dharma-yuddha and the consequences of adharma-driven ambition.
In the Udyoga Parva’s war-preparation context, Duryodhana enumerates the principal champions on his side—Bhīṣma, Droṇa, Kṛpa, Karṇa, Jayadratha, Somadatta, and Aśvatthāmā—to reassure an interlocutor and to project confidence that the Pāṇḍavas cannot prevail against such a force.