Shloka 74
अजिशीर्षे प्रातःसंध्यायां संग्रामवर्णनम् / Dawn-Transition Battle at Ajiśīrṣa
Chapter 161
न हि मद्वीर्यमासाद्य फाल्गुन: प्रसहिष्यति | यथा वेलां समासाद्य सागरो मकरालय:,'जैसे समुद्र तटभूमितक पहुँचकर शान्त हो जाता है, उसी प्रकार अर्जुन मेरे समीप आकर मेरा पराक्रम नहीं सह सकेंगे”
na hi madvīryam āsādya phālgunaḥ prasahiṣyati | yathā velāṃ samāsādya sāgaro makarālayaḥ ||
Sañjaya said: “For, having come face to face with my prowess, Phālguna (Arjuna) will not be able to withstand it. Just as the ocean—home of the makaras—grows calm upon reaching the shoreline, so too will Arjuna, on approaching me, be unable to endure my might.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how warriors use confident speech and vivid similes to project dominance; ethically, it also warns that pride and overconfidence can distort judgment in war, where true strength is tested by reality rather than proclamation.
Sañjaya reports a speaker’s claim that Arjuna (Phālguna) will be unable to bear the speaker’s valor when they meet in battle, illustrated by the image of the ocean becoming calm when it reaches the shore.