Shloka 19
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 47 — Arjuna’s Deterrent Declaration
Sañjaya’s Report
महासिंहो गाव इव प्रविश्य गदापाणिर्धारिराष्ट्रानुपेत्य । यदा भीमो भीमरूपो निहन्ता तदा युद्ध धार्तराष्ट्रोडन्वतप्स्यत्
mahāsiṁho gāva iva praviśya gadāpāṇir dhārtarāṣṭrān upetya | yadā bhīmo bhīmarūpo nihantā tadā yuddhe dhārtarāṣṭro ’nv-atapsyata ||
サンジャヤは言った。「大獅子が牛の群れに躍り込むように、ビーマは棍棒を手に、そなたの軍へ突入し、ドリタラーシュトラの子らへ迫る。恐るべき姿の殺戮者ビーマが、そのようにして彼らを討ち始める時、ドゥルヨーダナは戦のただ中で悔恨に焼かれるであろう。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the moral logic of consequence: when conflict is pursued through adharma—pride, obstinacy, and injustice—its fruits are terror and later remorse. Duryodhana’s anticipated regret highlights that refusing timely peace and counsel leads to suffering that cannot be undone once war begins.
Sañjaya foretells to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the battlefield outcome: Bhīma, wielding his mace, will break into the Kaurava ranks and strike down Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons, compared to a lion pouncing upon cattle. The prediction culminates in Duryodhana’s future anguish amid the war.