Shloka 41
अध्याय ४ — दुर्योधनस्य असंधि-निश्चयः
Duryodhana’s Refusal of Reconciliation
आत्मनोडर्थे त्वया लोको यत्नतः सर्व आहृत: । स ते संशायितस्तात आत्मा वै भरतर्षभ
ātmanaḥ arthe tvayā loko yatnataḥ sarva āhṛtaḥ | sa te saṁśāyitas tāta ātmā vai bharatarṣabha ||
Sañjaya said: “O bull among the Bharatas, for the sake of your own security you had, with great effort, gathered people from all quarters. Yet now, dear one, it is your very life that has fallen into uncertainty.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Power and alliances gathered for self-protection do not guarantee safety; in war, the very life one tries to secure can become precarious, highlighting the limits of control and the ethical weight of decisions that lead to conflict.
Sañjaya addresses a Bharata leader, remarking that although he had laboriously assembled people from everywhere for his own defense, the situation has turned so dire that his own life is now in doubt.