Shloka 166
Saṃjaya’s Warning to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: Accountability, Alliance-Shift, and the Pāṇḍava Strategic Edge
तव पुत्रा महाराज राजानश्वानुसारिण: । प्रभो! महाराज! आपके पुत्र तथा इनका साथ देनेवाले नरेश भीमसेन और अर्जुनसे भयभीत होकर कभी विजय नहीं पा सकेंगे
tava putrā mahārāja rājānaś cānusāriṇaḥ | prabho mahārāja bhīmasenārjunabhītāḥ kadācana vijayaṁ na prāpsyanti ||
Dijo Sañjaya: Oh gran rey, tus hijos—junto con los reyes aliados que siguen su guía—no alcanzarán jamás la victoria, pues están sobrecogidos y sacudidos por el temor a Bhīmasena y Arjuna. En lo ético, el verso subraya que el poder sin firmeza interior ni confianza justa se derrumba ante adversarios resueltos y capaces.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Victory depends not only on numbers and alliances but on courage, resolve, and moral-psychological strength. When leaders and allies are internally dominated by fear of capable opponents, their capacity to act effectively collapses, making defeat likely.
Sañjaya addresses Dhṛtarāṣṭra, warning that the Kaurava princes and the kings allied with them will not win, because they are intimidated by the prowess of Bhīma and Arjuna—two principal champions of the Pāṇḍavas.