Shloka 28
Udyoga Parva Adhyāya 58 — Saṃjaya’s Audience and Kṛṣṇa’s Deterrent Counsel (संजय-प्रवेशः कृष्णवाक्यं च)
एकेन पाण्डुपुत्रेण विराटनगरे यदा । भग्ना: पलायत दिश: पर्याप्त॑ तन्निदर्शनम्
ekena pāṇḍuputreṇa virāṭanagare yadā | bhagnāḥ palāyata diśaḥ paryāptaṃ tan nidarśanam ||
„Als ihr in der Stadt Virāṭa von einem einzigen Sohn Pāṇḍus geschlagen wurdet und in verschiedene Richtungen floht—dieses eine Ereignis allein ist Beweis genug für Arjunas überwältigende Macht.“
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
A single, well-attested example of conduct and outcome can be decisive evidence: the verse urges sober judgment and humility—recognizing Arjuna’s proven strength and avoiding reckless pride or miscalculation in matters of war and dharma.
Vāyudeva points to a past event at Virāṭa’s city where opponents were defeated by Arjuna alone and scattered in flight; he uses this as a concrete precedent to establish Arjuna’s formidable power in the present deliberations.