Mahabharata 9.10.3 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 10, Shloka 3
शल्यस्य पाण्डवसेनापीडनम् — Śalya’s Assault on the Pāṇḍava Host
with Omens and Bhīma’s Counter
अत्र मां प्रापय क्षिप्रं पश्य मे सारथे बलम् | न समर्थों हि मे पार्थ: स्थातुमद्य पुरो युधि
atra māṁ prāpaya kṣipraṁ paśya me sārathe balam | na samartho hi me pārthaḥ sthātum adya puro yudhi ||
“सारथ्या! मला लवकर त्याच्याजवळ पोहोचव; मग माझे बळ पाहा. आज युद्धात तो पृथापुत्र युधिष्ठिर माझ्यासमोर उभा राहू शकणार नाही.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how martial pride and the urge to prove one’s prowess can dominate the battlefield mindset; ethically, it invites reflection on the contrast between boastful certainty and the unpredictable, morally weighty consequences of war.
A warrior, addressing his charioteer, demands to be driven swiftly toward the opponent and declares that the son of Pṛthā—identified here as Yudhiṣṭhira—cannot withstand him in combat that day.
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