Shloka 14
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 64: Arjuna’s Instruction to Sanjaya
Message to the Kuru Assembly
यत् तद् विराटनगरे सह भ्रातृभिरग्रतः । उत्सृज्य गा: सुसंत्रस्तं बल॑ ते समशीर्यत
yat tad virāṭa-nagare saha bhrātṛbhir agrataḥ | utsṛjya gāḥ su-saṁtrastaṁ balaṁ te samaśīryata ||
ヴィドゥラは言った――ヴィラाटの都での出来事は周知である。汝の軍は、汝と兄弟らの目前で戦いに出たにもかかわらず、牛群を捨て、激しい恐怖に囚われて隊列を崩し、逃げ散った。さらにそこで語り継がれる驚異の戦――ただ一人の戦士（アルジュナ）が多数を相手にした戦い――それ一つで、彼の圧倒的な力とほとんど不敗のさまを示すに足りる。
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vidura urges sober realism and ethical restraint: arrogance should be checked by remembering concrete evidence of the Pāṇḍavas’ strength. Ignoring such proof and pursuing an unjust war leads to ruin; wise policy aligns with dharma and with accurate assessment of power.
Vidura recalls the Virāṭa episode (the cattle raid): the Kaurava force, led in the presence of the Kuru princes, panicked and fled after abandoning the seized cattle. He points to the famed spectacle of one warrior—Arjuna—fighting many as decisive proof of Arjuna’s might.