Shloka 42
Pāṇḍava-senā-niryāṇa and Vyūha-vibhāga (पाण्डवसेनानिर्याण तथा व्यूहविभाग)
प्रभावाद् वासुदेवस्य भवतां च प्रयत्नत: । समग्रं पार्थिवं क्षत्र॑ं सर्व न गणयाम्यहम्
prabhāvād vāsudevasya bhavatāṁ ca prayatnataḥ | samagraṁ pārthivaṁ kṣatraṁ sarvaṁ na gaṇayāmy aham ||
પરંતુ વાસુદેવના પ્રભાવ અને આપના પ્રયત્નથી હું આ સમગ્ર ભૂમંડળના સર્વ ક્ષત્રિય-રાજસમૂહને પણ કશું ગણતો નથી.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
That moral resolve and disciplined effort, when supported by the divine (here, Vāsudeva/Krishna), can render mere numerical or worldly power insignificant; legitimacy and inner strength outweigh massed armies.
Sanjaya, speaking in the Udyoga Parva context of impending war and counsel, expresses confidence that due to Krishna’s extraordinary influence and the listeners’ determined efforts, even the combined might of all earthly kings and kshatriya forces is not worth counting.