Shloka 11
अर्जुन-माहात्म्य-चिन्ता
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Appraisal of Arjuna’s Strategic Supremacy
जिगाय च सुरान् सर्वान् नास्य विद्य: पराजयम् । खाण्डवदाहके समय अर्जुनने (मुख्य-मुख्य) तैंतीस- देवताओंको युद्धके लिये ललकारकर अग्नि-देवको तृप्त किया और सभी देवताओंको जीत लिया। उनकी कभी पराजय हुई हो, इसका पता हमें आजतक नहीं लगा || १० है ।। यस्य यन्ता हृषीकेश: शीलवृत्तसमो युधि
jigāya ca surān sarvān nāsya vidyate parājayam | khaṇḍavadāhake samaye arjunena (mukhya-mukhya) trayastriṃśad-devatāḥ yuddhāya lalakāritāḥ agni-devaś ca tṛptaḥ kṛtaḥ, sarvāś ca devatāḥ jitāḥ | tasya kadācit parājayo bhūta iti na vayaṃ adyāpi jānīma || yasya yantā hṛṣīkeśaḥ śīla-vṛtta-samaḥ yudhi ||
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “He has conquered all the gods; no defeat of his is known. At the time of the burning of the Khāṇḍava forest, Arjuna challenged the chief among the thirty-three deities to battle, satisfied the Fire-god, and overcame them all. To this day we have never learned of any occasion on which he was defeated. And when Hṛṣīkeśa himself is the charioteer of such a man—one whose conduct and discipline are steady in war—how could his side be shaken?”
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