Ulūka’s Provocation and Keśava’s Counter-Message (उलूकदूत्ये केशवप्रत्युत्तरम्)
यदीदं कत्थनाल्लोके सिध्येत् कर्म धनंजय । सर्वे भवेयु: सिद्धार्था: कत्थने को हि दुर्गतः
yadīdaṁ katthanāl loke sidhyet karma dhanañjaya | sarve bhaveyuḥ siddhārthāḥ katthane ko hi durgataḥ ||
धनंजय! यदि इस लोक में केवल डींग हाँकने से ही कार्य सिद्ध हो जाता, तो सबके सब सिद्धकाम हो जाते; क्योंकि बातें बनाने में कौन दरिद्र या दुर्बल होता है?
संजय उवाच
Mere self-praise or grand claims do not accomplish real objectives; success depends on genuine capability and action, not on empty rhetoric.
Sanjaya addresses Arjuna (Dhanañjaya) with a pointed observation: if boasting alone could bring results, everyone would be successful—highlighting the hollowness of talk without substance in the tense pre-war context.