Shloka 126
अलायुधस्य भीमवधसंकल्पः
Alāyudha’s Resolve to Confront Bhīma
त्वद्बुद्धिबलवीर्येण कृतवानेष फाल्गुन: । “जनार्दन! आपकी ही बुद्धि, बल और पराक्रमसे इस अर्जुनने यह देवताओंके लिये भी असम्भव कर्म कर दिखाया है
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Sanjaya said: “By your own intelligence, strength, and heroic power, this Phalguna (Arjuna) has accomplished a deed—one that would be impossible even for the gods.” The line underscores that Arjuna’s success is inseparable from Kṛṣṇa’s guiding agency, framing victory not merely as personal prowess but as the ethical and strategic fruit of right counsel and divine support amid war.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights shared agency: extraordinary achievement in dharmic struggle arises from the union of human effort (Arjuna’s action) and higher guidance (Kṛṣṇa’s बुद्धि/strategy and शक्ति). It ethically reframes success as grounded in right counsel and alignment with a greater order, not mere egoic prowess.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, praising Arjuna’s accomplishment as superhuman in scale, while explicitly attributing its possibility to Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa). The statement functions as a narrative emphasis that Kṛṣṇa’s presence and guidance decisively empower the Pāṇḍava side.