Shloka 10
Rukmī’s Offer of Aid and Arjuna’s Refusal (रुक्मिप्रस्तावः—अर्जुनप्रत्याख्यानम्)
एवं ये कुशल शूरं हितेप्सितमकल्मषम् | सेनापतिं प्रकुर्वन्ति ते जयन्ति रणे रिपून्,“इस प्रकार जो लोग किसी हितैषी, पापरहित तथा युद्ध-कुशल शूरवीरको सेनापति बना लेते हैं, वे संग्राममें शत्रुओंपर अवश्य विजय पाते हैं
evaṁ ye kuśalaśūraṁ hitepsitam akalmaṣam | senāpatiṁ prakurvanti te jayanti raṇe ripūn ||
ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပာယနက ပြောသည်– စစ်ပညာ၌ ကျွမ်းကျင်၍ မိမိဘက်၏ အကျိုးကို လိုလားကာ အပြစ်အနာအဆာကင်းသော ရဲရင့်သူကို စစ်တပ်မူးအဖြစ် ခန့်အပ်သူတို့သည် စစ်မြေပြင်၌ ရန်သူကို မလွဲမသွေ အနိုင်ယူကြ၏။
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Victory in war is linked to the right choice of leadership: a commander should be competent (kuśala), courageous (śūra), committed to the welfare of his side (hitepsita), and morally untainted (akalmaṣa). The verse presents ethical fitness as a practical force-multiplier, not merely an ideal.
Vaiśampāyana states a general principle about warfare and governance: those who install a capable and virtuous hero as senāpati gain success against enemies in battle. It functions as counsel on selecting commanders during the tense pre-war deliberations of the Udyoga Parva.