Shloka 11
Udyoga Parva Adhyāya 58 — Saṃjaya’s Audience and Kṛṣṇa’s Deterrent Counsel (संजय-प्रवेशः कृष्णवाक्यं च)
इन्द्रविष्णुसमावेतौ मन्दात्मा नावबुद्धयते । संश्रयाद् द्रोणभीष्मा भ्यां कर्णस्य च विकत्थनात्
sañjaya uvāca | indraviṣṇusamāvetau mandātmā nāvabuddhyate | saṃśrayād droṇabhīṣmābhyāṃ karṇasya ca vikatthanāt ||
サञ्जयは言った。愚鈍なるドゥルヨーダナは、インドラとヴィシュヌにも比すべき力を併せ持つあの二人の勇士を、真には理解していない。ドローナとビーシュマを頼みとし、さらにカルナの誇り高い豪語に酔いしれて、なお迷妄の中にある—迫り来る戦の真の力の均衡と、ダルマの重みを見誤っているのだ。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how moral and strategic blindness arises from arrogance and misplaced reliance: Duryodhana, swayed by the prestige of elders and the boasts of allies, fails to recognize the true (almost divine) prowess of the opposing heroes and the ethical consequences of provoking war.
Sañjaya comments on Duryodhana’s state of mind during the pre-war deliberations: he is overconfident because he leans on Droṇa and Bhīṣma and is encouraged by Karṇa’s bravado, and therefore he cannot properly assess the extraordinary strength of the two principal opponents being compared to Indra and Viṣṇu.