Shloka 6
न पाण्डवेया न वयं नान्ये लोके धनुर्धरा: । युध्यमानस्य ते तुल्या: सत्यमेतद् ब्रवीमि ते,युद्ध करते समय आपकी समानता न तो पाण्डव, न हमलोग और न संसारके दूसरे धनुर्धर ही कर सकते हैं, यह मैं आपसे सच्ची बात कहता हूँ
na pāṇḍaveyā na vayaṁ nānye loke dhanurdharāḥ | yudhyamānasya te tulyāḥ satyam etad bravīmi te ||
ドゥルヨーダナは言った。「あなたが戦場で戦うとき、パーンダヴァの子らも、我らも、世のいかなる弓取りも、あなたに並ぶことはできぬ。これは真実としてあなたに告げる。」文脈においてこれは戦略的な讃辞であり、味方の決意を奮い立たせ、道義の重みを帯びた戦において武の卓越こそ決定打だと位置づけようとする言葉である。
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how praise and assertion of superiority are used as wartime rhetoric to strengthen morale and commitment. Ethically, it also shows how martial excellence can be invoked to overshadow deeper questions of dharma, shifting focus from justice to victory.
Duryodhana addresses a formidable ally/commander in the Drona Parva, declaring that no archer—neither the Pāṇḍavas, nor the Kauravas, nor anyone else—can equal him in battle. The statement is meant to encourage and secure decisive action in the ongoing Kurukṣetra war.