Shloka 10
भीष्मव्यूहदर्शनम् / Viewing Bhīṣma’s Battle Array and Arjuna’s Reassurance
न तथा बलवीर्याभ्यां जयन्ति विजिगीषव: । यथा सत्यानृशंस्याभ्यां धर्मेणैवोद्यमेन च,“विजयकी इच्छा रखनेवाले शूरवीर अपने बल और पराक्रमसे वैसी विजय नहीं पाते, जैसी कि सत्य, सज्जनता, धर्म तथा उत्साहसे प्राप्त कर लेते हैं
sañjaya uvāca |
na tathā balavīryābhyāṃ jayanti vijigīṣavaḥ |
yathā satyānṛśaṃsyābhyāṃ dharmeṇaivodyamena ca ||
Para wira yang mendambakan kemenangan tidak menang dengan pasti hanya melalui kekuatan dan keberanian; tetapi mereka menang lebih teguh melalui kebenaran dan belas ihsan—dengan berdiri dalam dharma dan dengan usaha yang tidak goyah.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Victory is most securely attained not by raw power alone but through satya (truthfulness), anṛśaṃsya (compassion/non-cruelty), adherence to dharma, and sustained udyama (effort). The verse elevates moral qualities as decisive forces even in a martial context.
In Bhīṣma Parva, Sañjaya is reporting to Dhṛtarāṣṭra about the unfolding war and its moral dimensions. Here he offers a reflective maxim: the will to conquer should be guided by righteousness and humane conduct, implying that the deeper causes of success lie in ethical discipline rather than mere might.