Shloka 5
Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 55 — Sañjaya’s Report on Pāṇḍava Readiness and Arjuna’s Dhvaja
उस समय स्वर्णमय कवच धारण किये अर्जुन हमें बिजलीके प्रकाशसे सुशोभित मेघके समान दिखायी दे रहे थे। उन्होंने सब ओरसे उन मन्त्रोंका सम्यक् चिन्तन करके हर्षसे उल्लसित होकर मुझसे कहा-- ।।
sañjaya uvāca | pūrvarūpam idaṃ paśya vayaṃ jeṣyāma sañjaya | bībhatsur mā yathovāca tathā vaimy aham apy uta ||
Sañjaya said: “Behold this as an omen beforehand: we shall surely be victorious, Sanjaya.” Just as Bibhatsu (Arjuna) spoke to me, so do I too understand it to be. In the charged atmosphere before battle, Arjuna reads auspicious signs and speaks with confident resolve; Sanjaya, as witness, affirms that this confidence is not mere pride but a perceived indication of impending success in a dharma-contest.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how confidence in a righteous cause is reinforced by perceived auspicious signs (pūrvarūpa). It also stresses the role of a truthful witness (Sanjaya) who reports and concurs with what he has directly heard and understood, rather than exaggerating.
Arjuna (called Bibhatsu) tells Sanjaya to observe an evident fore-sign of victory and declares that ‘we shall win.’ Sanjaya then reports to the king that he too understands the situation exactly as Arjuna stated.