Shloka 11
तेषां परमहृष्टानां जयमात्मनि पश्यताम् | संरब्धानां महावेग: प्रादुरासीद् विशाम्पते,प्रजानाथ! वे अत्यन्त हर्षोत्फुल्ल होकर अपनी ही विजय देख रहे थे। रोषावेषमें भरे हुए उन सैनिकोंका महान् वेग प्रकट हुआ
teṣāṁ paramahṛṣṭānāṁ jayam ātmani paśyatām | saṁrabdhānāṁ mahāvegaḥ prādurāsīd viśāmpate prajānātha |
Sañjaya said: “As they exulted in the highest joy, seeing victory as already their own, a tremendous surge of force arose among those warriors, inflamed with wrath—O lord of the people, O protector of subjects.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how the belief that victory is already secured can intensify collective aggression: exhilaration and anger together generate a powerful momentum that can overwhelm restraint, a caution relevant to ethical leadership and self-control in conflict.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the warriors, thrilled and convinced of their own victory, became further inflamed with rage, and from that emotional state a great onrush of martial energy manifested in the army.