Shloka 24
Kṛṣṇopadeśa and Duryodhana’s Challenge
Droṇa-parva, Adhyāya 77
तथाभियामि संग्रामं न जीयेयं जयामि च । तेन सत्येन संग्रामे हतं विद्धि जयद्रथम्
tathābhiyāmi saṅgrāmaṃ na jīyeyaṃ jayāmi ca | tena satyena saṅgrāme hataṃ viddhi jayadratham ||
အာర్జုနက ပြောသည်— «ဤသို့ပင် ငါသည် စစ်မြေသို့ ဝင်ရောက်မည်။ ငါ မရှုံးနိမ့်မည်၊ အောင်ပွဲကိုလည်း အောင်ပွဲအတွက်သာ မလိုလား။ ဤသစ္စာ၏ အာနုဘော်ကြောင့် စစ်မြေတွင် ဂျယဒြဿ (Jayadratha) ကို သတ်ပြီးသားဟု သိမှတ်ကြလော့»။
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights satya (truthfulness) as a moral force: a resolute, truthful declaration (satyavacana) is presented as spiritually and ethically potent, binding the speaker to righteous action and giving unwavering clarity of purpose in a dharmic struggle.
In the Drona Parva episode surrounding Jayadratha, Arjuna advances into battle with a solemn resolve. He invokes the force of his truth-utterance to affirm that Jayadratha’s death is certain—expressing determination to fulfill his vow and restore moral order after Jayadratha’s role in Abhimanyu’s fall.