Shloka 25
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय २५: संजयदूतवाक्यम्
Sañjaya’s Envoy-Speech on Peace
गाण्डीवविस्फारितशब्दमाजा- वशृण्वाना धार्तराष्ट्रा प्रियन्ते । क्रुद्धं न चेदीक्षते भीमसेन॑ सुयोधनो मन्यते सिद्धमर्थम्
sañjaya uvāca |
gāṇḍīvavisphāritaśabdam ājau śṛṇvānā dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ priyante |
kruddhaṃ na ced īkṣate bhīmasenaṃ suyodhano manyate siddham artham ||
ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಧೃತರಾಷ್ಟ್ರನ ಪುತ್ರರು ಯುದ್ಧದಲ್ಲಿ ಗಾಂಡೀವದಿಂದ ಹೊರಡುವ ಗರ್ಜನೆಯಂತ ಟಂಕಾರವನ್ನು ಕೇಳದವರೆಗೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ನಿರ್ಲಕ್ಷ್ಯದಿಂದಿರುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಮತ್ತು ಸುಯೋಧನನು ಕ್ರೋಧದಿಂದ ಉರಿಯುವ ಭೀಮಸೇನನನ್ನು ಕಾಣದವರೆಗೆ, ರಾಜ್ಯಲಾಭದ ತನ್ನ ಉದ್ದೇಶ ಸಿದ್ಧವಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಭಾವಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how arrogance and self-deception persist until confronted by unmistakable reality: the Kauravas’ confidence lasts only until they face the concrete signs of Pāṇḍava power (Arjuna’s Gāṇḍīva and Bhīma’s wrath). Ethically, it points to the blindness of adharma—mistaking temporary ease and lack of opposition for true success.
Sañjaya describes the Kauravas’ state of mind as war approaches: they feel secure while the feared signals of battle are absent. Duryodhana, in particular, assumes his political aim (securing the kingdom) is already achieved so long as he has not yet witnessed Bhīma’s furious readiness to fight and has not heard the battlefield roar of Arjuna’s bow.