Shloka 6
Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 55 — Sañjaya’s Report on Pāṇḍava Readiness and Arjuna’s Dhvaja
दुर्योधन उवाच प्रशंसस्यभिनन्दंस्तान् पार्थानक्षपराजितान् । अर्जुनस्य रथे ब्रूहि कथमश्चा: कथं ध्वजा:,दुर्योधन बोला--संजय! तुम तो जूएमें हारे हुए कुन्तीपुत्रोंका अभिनन्दन करते हुए उनकी बड़ी प्रशंसा करने लगे। बताओ तो सही, अर्जुनके रथमें कैसे घोड़े और कैसे ध्वज हैं?
duryodhana uvāca praśaṁsasy abhinandan tān pārthān akṣaparājitān | arjunasya rathe brūhi katham aśvāḥ kathaṁ dhvajāḥ ||
दुर्योधन म्हणाला—संजय, जुगारात पराभूत झालेल्या त्या पार्थांचे तू स्तुती-अभिनंदन करीत आहेस. सांग, अर्जुनाच्या रथाला कसे घोडे आहेत आणि कसा ध्वज आहे?
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how envy and wounded pride fixate on external signs of power—horses and banners—while dismissing moral realities. Duryodhana’s emphasis on the Pāṇḍavas’ dice-loss shows an attempt to reduce their legitimacy, revealing how adharma often seeks rhetorical justification rather than self-correction.
In the Udyoga Parva’s war-preparations, Sañjaya has been describing the Pāṇḍavas and their strengths. Duryodhana reacts sharply, accusing Sañjaya of praising the Pāṇḍavas despite their earlier humiliation in the dice game, and demands specific details about Arjuna’s chariot—its horses and its standard—key markers of a warrior’s might and auspiciousness.