Shloka 8
Daitya-āśvāsana of Duryodhana; Karṇa’s assurance and the mobilization of the Kaurava host
छटद्दाना निर्जितास्ते तु कर्शिताश्व महावने । तपोनित्याश्न राधेय समर्थाश्ष महारथा:,राधानन्दन! पाण्डव छलपूर्वक हराये गये हैं। महान् वनमें रहकर उन्हें बड़ा कष्ट भोगना पड़ा है। वे निरन्तर तपस्या करते रहे हैं और अब विशेष शक्तिसम्पन्न हो गये हैं। महारथी तो वे हैं ही
chala-dānā nirjitās te tu karśitāś ca mahāvane | tapo-nityāś ca rādheya samarthāś ca mahārathāḥ ||
ドゥリタラーシュトラは言った。「彼ら（パーンダヴァ）は欺きの賭けによって敗れ、大森林の苦難により疲弊した。そこに住み、激しい艱難を耐え抜き、常に苦行に身を捧げてきた。今や、ラーダーの子よ、彼らはとりわけ力を増した――しかも元より大車戦士である。」
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical cost of victory gained through deceit (chala) and suggests that suffering borne with discipline (tapas) can transform the afflicted into stronger, more capable agents—implying that unjust gains may later invite formidable consequences.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra addresses Karṇa, recalling that the Pāṇḍavas were made to lose through a deceitful gambling episode and then endured harsh forest exile; he warns, implicitly, that their sustained austerities have increased their power and that they remain formidable warriors.