Shloka 11
Abhimanyu-śravaṇa-prastāva and Cakravyūha-vinyāsa
Prelude to Abhimanyu’s Account and the Wheel-Formation Deployment
ससुरासुरगन्धर्वा: सयक्षोरगराक्षसा: । नाल॑ लोका रणे जेतुं पाल्यमानं किरीटिना,“परंतु एक बात याद रखो, किरीटधारी अर्जुन रणक्षेत्रमें जिसकी रक्षा कर रहे हों, उसे देवता, असुर, गन्धर्व, यक्ष, नाग तथा राक्षसोंसहित सम्पूर्ण लोक भी नहीं जीत सकते
sa-surāsura-gandharvāḥ sa-yakṣoraga-rākṣasāḥ | nālaṃ lokā raṇe jetuṃ pālyamānaṃ kirīṭinā ||
Sañjaya dit : Quand bien même les mondes s’uniraient—les dieux et les asuras, avec les Gandharvas, Yakṣas, Nāgas et Rākṣasas—ils ne pourraient vaincre au combat celui que protège Arjuna, le porteur du diadème.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches the invincibility of steadfast protection: when Arjuna (symbolizing disciplined skill and dharmic resolve) guards someone, even vast coalitions of powerful beings cannot overcome that shield. It highlights the ethical ideal of loyal guardianship and the strength that comes from righteous commitment.
Sañjaya, narrating the battlefield events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, emphasizes Arjuna’s formidable protective power. He declares that no assembly of beings—divine, demonic, or semi-divine—can defeat in battle a person whom Arjuna is actively defending.