Shloka 107
Ulūka’s Provocation and Keśava’s Counter-Message (उलूकदूत्ये केशवप्रत्युत्तरम्)
यदीदं कत्थनाल्लोके सिध्येत् कर्म धनंजय । सर्वे भवेयु: सिद्धार्था: कत्थने को हि दुर्गतः,“धनंजय! यदि जगतमें अपनी झूठी प्रशंसा करनेसे ही अभीष्ट कार्यकी सिद्धि हो जाती, तब तो सब लोग सिद्धकाम हो जाते; क्योंकि बातें बनानेमें कौन दरिद्र और दुर्बल होगा?
yadīdaṁ katthanāl loke sidhyet karma dhanañjaya | sarve bhaveyuḥ siddhārthāḥ katthane ko hi durgataḥ ||
Sanjaya said: “O Dhanañjaya, if in this world one’s aims could be accomplished merely by boastful talk, then everyone would attain success; for who is ever poor or powerless when it comes to making claims?”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Mere self-praise or grand claims do not accomplish real objectives; success depends on genuine capability and action, not on empty rhetoric.
Sanjaya addresses Arjuna (Dhanañjaya) with a pointed observation: if boasting alone could bring results, everyone would be successful—highlighting the hollowness of talk without substance in the tense pre-war context.