Shloka 33
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ५४: दुर्योधनस्य धृतराष्ट्रं प्रति बलप्रशंसन-युक्तः आश्वासनवादः
Duryodhana’s Reassurance and Force-Praise to Dhritarashtra
युक्तो दुःखोषितश्चाहं विद्यापारगतस्तथा । तस्मान्न भीमान्नान्येभ्यो भयं मे विद्यते क्वचित्,गदायुद्धका मेरा अभ्यास बहुत अच्छा है। मैंने गुरुके समीप क्लेशसहनपूर्वक रहकर अस्त्रविद्या सीखी है और उसमें मैं पारंगत हो गया हूँ। अत: भीमसेनसे या दूसरे योद्धाओंसे मुझे कभी कोई भय नहीं है
yukto duḥkhoṣitaś cāhaṃ vidyāpāragatas tathā | tasmān na bhīmān nānyebhyo bhayaṃ me vidyate kvacit ||
I have been disciplined and trained through hardship, and I have mastered the science of weapons. Therefore I have no fear at any time—neither of Bhīma nor of any other warrior.
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how disciplined training and mastery can generate fearlessness, but in the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame it also warns that martial competence, when joined with pride, can harden one’s resolve toward unjust conflict and blind one to consequences.
In Udyoga Parva, as war preparations intensify, Duryodhana asserts that he has mastered weapon-knowledge through arduous training and therefore does not fear Bhīma or any other fighter—an expression of defiance and overconfidence amid failed peace efforts.