Shloka 56
स त्वं परेषां वीर्येण आत्मानं बहु मन्यसे । कथमेवमशक्तस्त्वमस्मान् समभिगर्जसि,'तू तो दूसरोंके ही बलसे अपने-आपको बहुत अधिक शक्तिशाली मानता है; परंतु ऐसा असमर्थ होकर तू हमारे सामने गर्जना कैसे कर रहा है?”
sa tvaṁ pareṣāṁ vīryeṇa ātmānaṁ bahu manyase | katham evam aśaktas tvam asmān samabhigarjasi ||
Sanjaya said: “You deem yourself exceedingly mighty only by leaning on the strength of others. How, powerless in yourself, do you roar at us with such boldness?”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse criticizes arrogance founded on borrowed power: claiming greatness through others’ strength and using that borrowed backing to intimidate is ethically hollow and dishonorable.
Sanjaya reports a sharp taunt directed at an opponent who boasts loudly. The speaker points out that the person is not truly strong on his own and is only emboldened by the might of allies, yet still dares to threaten ‘us’.