Shloka 10
Duryodhana-śibira-praveśaḥ — The Pāṇḍavas Enter the Kaurava Camp; The Burning of Arjuna’s Chariot
वैरस्य च गतः पार त्वमिहान्यै: सुदुर्गमम् । अशक्यमेतदन्येन सम्पादयितुमीदूशम्
vairasya ca gataḥ pāra tvam ihānyaiḥ sudurgamam | aśakyam etad anyena sampādayitum īdṛśam ||
Sañjaya said: “You have indeed crossed beyond enmity and reached the far shore; here you have accomplished what is exceedingly difficult for others. Such a feat as this could not have been brought to completion by anyone else.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical ideal of rising beyond personal hostility (vairasya) and completing a difficult duty or mission that ordinary people cannot accomplish—implying exceptional steadiness, capability, and self-mastery.
Sañjaya addresses a person being praised for having ‘crossed the far shore’ of enmity and for achieving an extraordinarily difficult task in the ongoing war narrative, emphasizing that such an accomplishment would be impossible for anyone else.