Shloka 25
अध्याय १४६ — निशायां सात्यकिदुर्योधनयुद्धम् / Chapter 146 — Night Battle: Sātyaki and Duryodhana; Śakuni’s Encirclement of Arjuna
जेतारो वृष्णिवीराणां कि पुनर्मानवा रणे | ये अपने कुट॒म्बीजनोंकी अवहेलना नहीं करते हैं। सदा बड़े-बूढ़ोंकी आज्ञामें तत्पर रहते हैं। देवता, असुर, गन्धर्व, यक्ष, नाग और राक्षस भी युद्धमें वृष्णिवीरोंपर विजय नहीं पा सकते; फिर मनुष्य किस गिनतीमें हैं? ।। ब्र्माद्रव्ये गुरुद्रव्ये ज्ञातिस्वे चाप्पहिंसका:
sañjaya uvāca | jetāro vṛṣṇivīrāṇāṃ ki punarmānavā raṇe | ye ’pane kuṭumbījanānām avahēlanāṃ na kurvanti | sadā baḍe-būḍhānām ājñāyāṃ tatparā bhavanti | devatā asurā gandharvā yakṣā nāgā rākṣasāś ca yuddhe vṛṣṇivīrān na jetuṃ śaknuvanti; punaḥ manuṣyāḥ kasya gaṇanāyām? || brahmadravye gurudravye jñātisve cāpy ahiṃsakāḥ ||
Sañjaya said: “The heroes of the Vṛṣṇis are conquerors—what then of ordinary men in battle? They do not slight their own kinsmen, and they are ever intent on obeying the commands of elders. Even gods, asuras, gandharvas, yakṣas, nāgas, and rākṣasas cannot overcome the Vṛṣṇi warriors in war; how much less can human beings be counted as their match? Moreover, they do not injure what belongs to Brahmins, to teachers, or to their relatives.”
संजय उवाच