Shloka 80
कियत् तत् तत् प्रवक्ष्यामि येन येन धनंजय: । त्वत्तो5तिरिक्तः सर्वेभ्यो भूतेभ्यो ब्राह्मणो यथा,मैं कहाँतक गिन-गिनकर बताऊँ कि किन-किन गुणोंके कारण अर्जुन तुमसे बढ़े-चढ़े हैं। जैसे ब्राह्मण समस्त प्राणियोंसे श्रेष्ठ हैं, उसी प्रकार अर्जुन तुमसे श्रेष्ठ हैं
kiyat tat tat pravakṣyāmi yena yena dhanañjayaḥ | tvatto 'tiriktaḥ sarvebhyo bhūtebhyo brāhmaṇo yathā ||
How far can I go on, counting and recounting the very qualities by which Dhanañjaya (Arjuna) surpasses you? Just as a brāhmaṇa is regarded as foremost among living beings, so is Arjuna superior to you. The speech is meant to humble pride and to assert a hierarchy grounded in recognized excellence rather than mere self-assertion in war.
काक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse cautions against pride by asserting that true superiority rests on recognized qualities and merit; it frames excellence as something demonstrable and acknowledged, using a social-religious analogy (brāhmaṇa as foremost) to emphasize Arjuna’s preeminence.
Kāka speaks in a comparative, admonitory tone, saying he cannot finish listing the reasons Arjuna surpasses the addressed person; he reinforces the point with an analogy that, as a brāhmaṇa is considered foremost among beings, so Arjuna stands above the other in question.