Shloka 183
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 114 — Karṇa–Bhīmasena Missile Exchange, Disarmament, and Arjuna’s Intervention
अन्यत्र हि वधादेषां नास्ति राजन् पराजय: । 'राजन्! ये हाथी मेघोंकी घटाके समान दिखायी देते हैं और पानी बरसानेवाले बादलोंके समान मदकी वर्षा करते हैं। हाथीसवारोंके हाँकनेपर ये कभी युद्धसे पीछे नहीं हटते हैं। महाराज! वधके अतिरिक्त और किसी उपायसे इनकी पराजय नहीं हो सकती
anyatra hi vadhād eṣāṁ nāsti rājan parājayaḥ |
ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: «ຂ້າແຕ່ພະຣາຊາ, ນອກຈາກການສັງຫານແລ້ວ ບໍ່ມີທາງໃດຈະເຮັດໃຫ້ພວກເຂົາພ່າຍແພ້. ໃນຄວາມອັດແອດຂອງສົງຄາມ ກໍາລັງແລະໃຈກ້າຂອງພວກເຂົາບໍ່ຍອມຕໍ່ການຂູ່ຂວັນ ຫຼືການຜັກດັນ; ມີແຕ່ການທໍາລາຍເທົ່ານັ້ນຈຶ່ງນໍາມາຊັຍຊະນະເຫນືອພວກເຂົາ»។
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the harsh calculus of battlefield reality: some forces cannot be neutralized by deterrence or retreat; only lethal force ends their threat. It implicitly raises the ethical tension of war—how victory can demand actions that are morally weighty, even when framed as necessity.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra about formidable opponents (contextually, a powerful contingent) and stresses that they will not be truly overcome by ordinary means; their defeat, he says, is possible only through their death.