Shloka 33
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 47 — Arjuna’s Deterrent Declaration
Sañjaya’s Report
यदा द्रष्टा बालमबालवीर्य द्विषच्चमूं मृत्युमिवोत्पतन्तम् । सौभद्रमिन्द्रप्रतिमं कृतास्त्र तदा युद्ध धार्तराष्ट्रोडन्वतप्स्यत्
sañjaya uvāca | yadā draṣṭā bālam abāla-vīryaṃ dviṣac-camūṃ mṛtyum ivotpatantam | saubhadram indra-pratimaṃ kṛtāstraṃ tadā yuddhe dhārtarāṣṭro 'nutapsyat ||
ສັນຊະຍະໄດ້ກ່າວວ່າ: ເມື່ອເຂົາເຫັນສາວພັດຣະ—ແມ່ນແຕ່ເດັກນ້ອຍ ແຕ່ມີກໍາລັງເກີນວັຍ—ກະໂດດເຂົ້າໃສ່ກອງທັບສັດຕູດັ່ງຄວາມຕາຍເອງ, ແລະເຫັນວ່າເຂົາມີອໍານາດດັ່ງພຣະອິນທຣາ ຊໍານານໃນອາວຸດທຸກປະການ, ໃນກາງສົງຄາມນັ້ນ ບຸດແຫ່ງທຣິຕະຣາສະຕຣະຈະເຜົາໄໝ້ດ້ວຍຄວາມສໍານຶກຜິດ ທີ່ໄດ້ກໍ່ເລີ່ມຄວາມຂັດແຍ່ງນີ້.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores moral causality in warfare: initiating unjust conflict brings inevitable consequences, including remorse when one confronts the suffering and formidable resistance that one’s own choices have unleashed.
Sañjaya foretells that when Duryodhana sees Abhimanyu—young in age but mighty and weapon-skilled—charging the enemy host like Death, Duryodhana will regret having set the war in motion.