Shloka 30
“दुन्तीपुत्र युधिष्ठिरके सिवा दूसरा कौन ऐसा राजा है जो रणभूमिमें भीष्म, द्रोण, कर्ण, मद्रराज शल्य तथा अन्य सैकड़ों-हजारों नरपतियोंपर विजय प्राप्त कर सके। सदा सत्य और यशके सागर भगवान् श्रीकृष्ण जिनके स्वामी एवं रक्षक हैं, उन्हींको यह सफलता प्राप्त हो सकती है” ।। इत्येवं वदमानास्ते हर्षेण महता युता: । प्रभग्नांस्तावकान् योधान् सृञ्जया: पृष्ठतो5न्वयु:
sañjaya uvāca |
duntīputra yudhiṣṭhirake sivā dūsarā kauna aisā rājā hai jo raṇabhūmimẽ bhīṣma, droṇa, karṇa, madrarāja śalya tathā anya saikṛoṁ-hajārōṁ narapatiyōṁpar vijaya prāpta kara sake | sadā satya aura yaśake sāgara bhagavān śrīkṛṣṇa jinake svāmī evaṁ rakṣaka haiṁ, unhīṁkō yaha saphalatā prāpta hō sakatī hai ||
ityevaṁ vadamānāste harṣeṇa mahatā yutāḥ |
prabhagnāṁstāvakān yodhān sṛñjayāḥ pṛṣṭhato 'nvayuḥ ||
Sañjaya said: “Who, other than Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, could be such a king as to win victory on the battlefield over Bhishma, Drona, Karna, the king of Madra—Shalya—and hundreds and thousands of other rulers? Such success can belong only to him whose lord and protector is Bhagavan Shri Krishna, an ocean of truth and fame.” As they spoke in this way, filled with great joy, the Sṛñjayas pursued from behind your routed warriors.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames victory as grounded not merely in military strength but in righteous kingship supported by divine guardianship: Yudhishthira’s success is portrayed as possible because Krishna—identified with truth and glory—stands as his lord and protector, implying that dharma-aligned leadership attracts sustaining power.
Sanjaya reports praise-filled speech exalting Yudhishthira’s extraordinary capacity to overcome legendary warriors (Bhishma, Drona, Karna, Shalya and many kings). Immediately after, the Pandava-aligned Sṛñjayas, elated, chase the Kaurava troops who have broken and fled.