Mahabharata 9.7.30 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 7, Shloka 30
Śalya Installed as Commander; Coalition Agreement and Battle Arrays (शल्यसेनापत्यारोहणं व्यूहवर्णनं च)
युद्धयमानस्य तस्याहं चिन्तयानश्व भारत । योद्धारं नाधिगच्छामि तुल्यरूपं जनाधिप
sañjaya uvāca | yudhyamānasya tasyāhaṃ cintayānaś ca bhārata | yoddhāraṃ nādhigacchāmi tulyarūpaṃ janādhipa | iti satyaṃ bravīmyeṣa duryodhana na saṃśayaḥ ||
サンジャヤは言った。「おお、バーラタよ。彼が戦いに身を投じているさなかを思い巡らすとき、王よ、姿かたちと武勇において彼に等しい戦士を私は見いだせない。これこそ真実として汝に告げる、ドゥルヨーダナよ――疑いはない。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid war, the epic distinguishes between factual testimony and moral judgment: Sanjaya insists on speaking truthfully about martial superiority, while the broader narrative warns that excellence in battle does not by itself confer righteousness (dharma).
Sanjaya reports to the Kuru court that, as he observes the fighting, he cannot identify any warrior equal to the person under discussion, and he assures Duryodhana that this assessment is true and beyond doubt.
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