Shloka 26
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 47 — Arjuna’s Deterrent Declaration
Sañjaya’s Report
त्यक्तात्मान: पार्थिवा योधनाय समादिष्टा धर्मराजेन सूत । रथै: शुभ्रे: सैन्यमभिद्रवन्तो दृष्टवा पश्चात् तप्स्यते धार्तराष्ट्र:
sañjaya uvāca |
tyaktātmānaḥ pārthivā yodhanāya samādiṣṭā dharmarājena sūta |
rathaiḥ śubhrair sainyam abhidravantō dṛṣṭvā paścāt tapsyate dhārtarāṣṭraḥ ||
サञ्जयは言った。「おおスータよ、法王（ユディシュティラ）の命を受け、己が命への執着を捨てた地上の諸王が、輝く戦車に乗ってクル軍へ雪崩れ込み攻めかかるとき、持国の子（ドゥルヨーダナ）はそれを見て、のちに戦を選んだことを苦い悔恨として胸に燃やすであろう。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Choosing adharma and provoking war leads to inevitable moral and psychological consequence: when righteous resolve and collective duty manifest on the battlefield, the instigator (Duryodhana) is foretold to experience searing remorse. The verse frames war not as glory but as a burden whose ethical weight returns upon the wrongdoer.
Sañjaya predicts to the Sūta that once Yudhiṣṭhira orders battle, many kings devoted to his cause—ready to sacrifice their lives—will charge the Kaurava forces in splendid chariots. Seeing this formidable onrush, Duryodhana (Dhārtarāṣṭra) will later regret having driven events toward war.