Shloka 2
विधान विविधाकारं परं तेषां विधानत: । अनेकैरशभ्युपायैश्न त्वया न शकिता: पुरा
vidhānaṃ vividhākāraṃ paraṃ teṣāṃ vidhānataḥ | anekair aśabhyupāyaiś na tvayā na śakitāḥ purā ||
Duryodhana said: “Their arrangements are supreme and manifold in form, fashioned with consummate skill. Yet earlier you were unable to overcome them—even by resorting to many improper and ignoble stratagems.”
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a moral contrast: excellence in orderly planning and capability is acknowledged even in rivals, while reliance on “aśabhya” (improper) means is implicitly criticized as ethically tainted and ultimately ineffective.
Duryodhana speaks about the opposing side’s superior arrangements and notes that, in the past, the addressee could not defeat them even by employing numerous questionable tactics—underscoring both their competence and the speaker’s frustration.