Shloka 61
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 47 — Arjuna’s Deterrent Declaration
Sañjaya’s Report
सर्वा दिश: सम्पतता रथेन रजोध्वस्तं गाण्डिवेन प्रकृत्तम् । यदा द्रष्टा स्वबलं सम्प्रमूढं तदा पश्चात् तप्स्यति मन्दबुद्धि:
saṃjayā uvāca | sarvā diśaḥ sampatatā rathena rajodhvastaṃ gāṇḍīvena prakṛttam | yadā draṣṭā svabalaṃ sampramūḍhaṃ tadā paścāt tapsyati mandabuddhiḥ |
サンジャヤは言った。「愚鈍なるドリタラーシュトラの子が、自軍が完全な混乱に投げ込まれるのを見るとき――我が戦車が四方を駆けて巻き上げる塵に覆われ、ガーンディーヴァより放たれた矢に切り裂かれてゆくのを――そのとき彼は、ただ事後に至って悔恨の火に灼かれる。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Moral blindness and arrogance lead to ruin; insight that comes only after violence has unfolded becomes mere remorse. The verse highlights the ethical cost of rejecting wise counsel and choosing war.
Sanjaya describes the future battlefield outcome: Dhritarashtra’s son will witness his forces overwhelmed—obscured by dust from the chariot’s swift movement and cut down by arrows from the Gāṇḍīva—leading him to regret afterward.