Shloka 14
भीष्मस्य सेनापत्यप्रतिज्ञा तथा रथसंख्यावर्णनम् | Bhishma Accepts Command and Enumerates Kaurava Strength
श्वोभूते कत्थनावाक्यं विज्ञास्यति सुयोधन: । आचितं शरजालेन मया दृष्टवा पितामहम्,“कल खबेरे पितामहको मेरे द्वारा चलाये हुए बाणोंके समूहसे व्याप्त देखकर दुर्योधनको अपनी बढ़-बढ़कर कही हुई बातोंका परिणाम ज्ञात होगा
sañjaya uvāca | śvobhūte katthanāvākyaṃ vijñāsyati suyodhanaḥ | ācitaṃ śarajālena mayā dṛṣṭvā pitāmaham |
Sañjaya berkata: “Esok Suyodhana akan mengerti akibat kata-kata bongkaknya, apabila dia melihat datuk agung itu diselubungi jaring anak panah yang kulepaskan.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Boastful speech (katthanā) invites a reckoning: words of pride are tested by outcomes. The verse underscores ethical restraint in speech and the inevitability of consequences in a dharmic conflict.
Sanjaya foretells that Duryodhana will realize the result of his bravado when he sees Bhīṣma, the grandsire, overwhelmed by a dense shower of arrows shot by Sanjaya—an image of impending battlefield reality replacing arrogant confidence.