Shloka 146
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 3 — Sātyaki on Inner Disposition, Legitimacy, and Coercive Readiness
वेगं समर्था: संसोढुं वज़स्येव महीधरा: । जैसे बड़े-बड़े पर्वत भी वज्गजका वेग सहन करनेमें समर्थ नहीं हैं
vegaṃ samarthāḥ saṃsoḍhuṃ vajrasyeva mahīdharāḥ |
वैशंपायन म्हणाले— जसे मोठमोठे पर्वतही वज्राचा वेग सहन करू शकत नाहीत, तसेच युद्धाची इच्छा बाळगून क्रोधाने फुगलेले ते सर्वजण माझ्या—सात्यकीच्या—प्रहारांचा वेग सहन करण्यास समर्थ नाहीत।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses a thunderbolt–mountain simile to stress that uncontrolled wrath and the thirst for battle do not automatically confer true strength; real power is measured by the capacity to endure and prevail, not merely by aggressive intent.
In the Udyoga Parva’s tense pre-war atmosphere, the narration highlights martial confidence through a vivid comparison: just as mountains cannot bear a thunderbolt’s impact, the opponents are portrayed as unable to withstand the speaker’s (Sātyaki’s) attack-force.