Shloka 14
भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय २: संजयस्य दिव्यदृष्टिप्रदानम् तथा निमित्तवर्णनम्
Granting Sañjaya Divine Sight and the Description of Omens
दिष्टमेतन्नरव्याप्र नाभिशोचितुमहसि । न चैव शक्यं संयन्तुं यतो धर्मस्ततो जय:
diṣṭam etan naravyāghra nābhiśocitum arhasi | na caiva śakyaṃ saṃyantuṃ yato dharmas tato jayaḥ ||
ਨਰਸ਼੍ਰੇਸ਼ਠ! ਇਹ ਦੈਵ ਦਾ ਵਿਧਾਨ ਹੈ; ਇਸ ਲਈ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਸ਼ੋਕ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਰਨਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ। ਇਸ ਨੂੰ ਰੋਕਣਾ ਜਾਂ ਟਾਲਣਾ ਸੰਭਵ ਨਹੀਂ—ਜਿੱਥੇ ਧਰਮ ਹੈ, ਓਥੇ ਹੀ ਜਿੱਤ ਹੈ।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse affirms two linked ideas: events unfold under an overarching destiny, and ethical alignment matters—victory ultimately belongs to the side grounded in dharma.
Vaiśampāyana addresses a heroic listener, urging him not to grieve over what has been fated and emphasizing that the course of events cannot be easily checked; the moral axis of the conflict is framed by the maxim that dharma leads to victory.