Shloka 19
Chapter 49: Sañjaya’s Enumeration of the Pāṇḍava Coalition (पाण्डवसैन्यसमागम-वर्णनम्)
महाराज! जो धर्मात्मा न रोषसे, न भयसे, न लोभसे, न अर्थके लिये और न बहाना बनाकर ही कभी सत्यका परित्याग कर सकते हैं, जो धर्मात्माओंमें श्रेष्ठ हैं और धर्मके विषयमें प्रमाण माने जाते हैं, उन अजातशत्रुके प्रभावसे पाण्डवोंने युद्धकी तैयारी की है ।। यस्य बाहुबले तुल्य: पृथिव्यां नास्ति कश्नन । यो वै सर्वान् महीपालान् वशे चक्रे धनुर्धर: । य: काशीनड्रमगधान् कलिड्जांश्न युधाजयत्
sañjaya uvāca |
mahārāja! yo dharmātmā na roṣyate, na bibheti, na lubhyati, na arthakṛte, na ca chadmam āśritya kadācit satyaṃ parityaktuṃ śaknoti; yo dharmātmanāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ, dharmaviṣaye ca pramāṇaṃ mataḥ—tasya ajātaśatroḥ prabhāvena pāṇḍavaiḥ yuddhasya sajjā kṛtā ||
yasya bāhubale tulyaḥ pṛthivyāṃ nāsti kaścana |
yo vai sarvān mahīpālān vaśe cakre dhanurdharaḥ |
yaḥ kāśīn aṅgān magadhān kaliṅgāṃś ca yudhājayat ||
Sañjaya said: “O King, the Pāṇḍavas have made ready for war under the influence of Ajātaśatru—one who never abandons truth, whether from anger, fear, greed, for the sake of gain, or by resorting to any pretext; one who is foremost among the righteous and is regarded as an authority in matters of dharma. There is none on earth equal to him in the strength of his arms. That bowman brought all kings under his control, and he conquered the Kāśīs, the Aṅgas, the Magadhas, and the Kaliṅgas.”
संजय उवाच