Shloka 24
ते वै मामनुरूपाभिर्मधुराभिर्जयैषिण: । अस्तुवन् मुनयो वाम्भियथ्थेन्द्रे तारकामये,उस समय बहुत-से देवर्षि तथा अन्य महर्षि एवं ब्रह्मर्षि और सिद्धगण उस महायुद्धमें (देखनेके लिये) आये। वे सब-के-सब मेरी विजय चाहते थे। अतः उन्होंने जैसे तारकामय संग्रामके अवसरपर इन्द्रकी स्तुति की थी, उसी प्रकार अनुकूल एवं मधुर वचनोंद्वारा मेरा भी स्तवन किया
te vai mām anurūpābhir madhurābhir jayaiṣiṇaḥ | astuvan munayo vāmbhi yathendre tārakāmaye ||
Arjuna said: “Indeed, sages who longed for my victory praised me with fitting and sweet words—just as, during the Tārakāmaya war, they had once extolled Indra. In that great conflict, many divine seers and other great ṛṣis, brahmarṣis, and siddhas had come to witness the battle; all of them desired my triumph, and therefore they offered me laudatory speech.”
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral power of righteous support: when a cause is perceived as aligned with dharma, even sages and perfected beings lend it strength through auspicious speech and praise, reinforcing courage and resolve without replacing personal effort.
Arjuna recounts that many seers and perfected beings came to witness a great battle and, wishing for his victory, praised him with appropriate and sweet words—likening their praise to the traditional stuti offered to Indra during the mythic Tārakāmaya conflict.