Mahabharata — Shalya Parva, Shloka 18
Śalya Installed as Commander; Coalition Agreement and Battle Arrays (शल्यसेनापत्यारोहणं व्यूहवर्णनं च)
यादृशं मे बल॑ बाह्दो: सम्पदस्त्रेषु या च मे । अद्य मे विक्रमं दृष्टवा पाण्डवानां महारथा:
yādṛśaṃ me balaṃ bāhvoḥ sampad astreṣu yā ca me | adya me vikramaṃ dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍavānāṃ mahārathāḥ iti satyaṃ bravīmy eṣa duryodhana na saṃśayaḥ ||
サンジャヤは言った。「我が腕の力と、我が武器における熟達を思えば、今日、我が武威を見たのち、パーンダヴァ方の大車戦士たちはそれを知るであろう。ドゥルヨーダナよ、これは真実として汝に告げる。疑いはない。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds martial confidence—strength, skill in weapons, and proclaimed certainty. Ethically, it illustrates how personal prowess and conviction can be asserted as “truth” in war, yet the epic repeatedly contrasts such confidence with the deeper governance of outcomes by dharma and the justice of one’s cause.
Sañjaya reports a warrior’s declaration to Duryodhana: based on his strength and weapon-skill, he claims that after seeing his valor the Pāṇḍava champions will recognize it, and he assures Duryodhana that this is certainly true.
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