Shloka 40
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 47 — Arjuna’s Deterrent Declaration
Sañjaya’s Report
यदा शिखण्डी रथिन: प्रचिन्वन् भीष्म रथेनाभियाता वरूथी । दिव्यैहयैरवमृद्नन् रथौघां- स्तदा युद्ध धार्तराष्ट्रोडन्वतप्स्यत्,जब शिखण्डी अपने रथकी रक्षाके साधनोंसे सम्पन्न हो रथियोंको चुन-चुनकर मारता तथा दिव्य अश्वोंद्वारा रथसमूहोंको रौंदता हुआ रथारूढ़ हो भीष्मपर आक्रमण करेगा, उस समय दुर्योधनको युद्ध छिड़ जानेके कारण बड़ा पश्चात्ताप होगा
sañjaya uvāca | yadā śikhaṇḍī rathinaḥ pracinvan bhīṣma-rathenābhiyātā varūthī | divyair hayair avamṛdnan rathaughāṃs tadā yuddhe dhārtarāṣṭro ’nvatapsyat ||
ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ଯେତେବେଳେ ଶିଖଣ୍ଡୀ ରଥର ରକ୍ଷା-ସାଧନରେ ସୁସଜ୍ଜିତ ହୋଇ, ରଥୀମାନଙ୍କୁ ବାଛି ବାଛି ହତ କରୁଥିବାବେଳେ, ଦିବ୍ୟ ଅଶ୍ୱମାନଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ରଥସମୂହକୁ ଦଳି ଚୁର୍ଣ୍ଣ କରି, ରଥାରୂଢ ହୋଇ ଭୀଷ୍ମଙ୍କ ଉପରେ ଆକ୍ରମଣ କରିବ, ସେତେବେଳେ ଯୁଦ୍ଧ ଛେଡ଼ାଯାଇଥିବାର କାରଣ ଭାବି ଧୃତରାଷ୍ଟ୍ରପୁତ୍ର ଦୁର୍ଯ୍ୟୋଧନ କଟୁ ପଶ୍ଚାତ୍ତାପରେ ଦଗ୍ଧ ହେବ।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Once a war is unleashed, its momentum and moral cost often exceed the instigator’s control; the verse foreshadows remorse arising from seeing revered elders and vast forces crushed by the very conflict one chose to begin.
Sañjaya predicts a battlefield moment: Śikhaṇḍī, strongly protected and mounted on a chariot, advances against Bhīṣma, cutting down chosen chariot-warriors and trampling chariot formations with divine horses; this spectacle will later cause Duryodhana deep regret as the war’s reality unfolds.