Shloka 14
सैन्धवं मद्रराजानं राजानं च सुयोधनम् । वीरान् कृतास्त्रान् समरे सवनिवानिवर्तिन:
saindhavaṁ madrarājānaṁ rājānaṁ ca suyodhanam | vīrān kṛtāstrān samare savanivānivartinaḥ ||
Sañjaya dijo: «(Están) Jayadratha de Sindhu, el rey de Madra (Śalya) y el rey Suyodhana (Duryodhana): héroes, plenamente adiestrados en las armas, feroces en la batalla y que jamás vuelven la espalda al combate. Frente a tales grandes guerreros de carro—Bhīṣma, Droṇa, Kṛpa, Karṇa hijo del Sol, Aśvatthāmā, Bhūriśravā, Kṛtavarmā, Jayadratha, Śalya y el rey Duryodhana—¿quién más en este mundo, fuera de ti, podría alcanzar la victoria?»
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ideal of kṣatriya steadfastness—warriors trained in arms who do not retreat—and uses praise to stress how extraordinary it would be to overcome such a concentration of renowned fighters. Ethically, it reflects the Mahābhārata’s tension between valor and the moral cost of war: excellence in battle is admired, yet it serves a destructive end.
Sañjaya describes to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the formidable Kaurava champions—Jayadratha, Śalya, Duryodhana and other famed mahārathas—emphasizing their skill and refusal to withdraw. He then poses a rhetorical question: who, besides the addressed hero (contextually a supreme warrior), could possibly defeat them?