Shloka 25
अर्थसिद्धि तव रणे करिष्यति न संशय: । शस्त्रविद्धिरनाधृष्यो दूरपाती दृढायुध:,हनिष्यति चमूं तेषां महेन्द्रो दानवानिव । ये युद्धमें तुम्हारे अभीष्ट अर्थकी सिद्धि करेंगे। इसमें संशय नहीं है। बड़े-बड़े शस्त्रवेत्ता भी इन्हें परास्त नहीं कर सकते। इनके आयुध अत्यन्त दृढ़ हैं और ये दूरके लक्ष्यको भी मार गिरानेमें समर्थ हैं। जैसे देवराज इन्द्र दानवोंका संहार करते हैं, उसी प्रकार ये भी पाण्डवोंकी सेनाका विनाश करेंगे
bhīṣma uvāca |
arthasiddhiṁ tava raṇe kariṣyati na saṁśayaḥ |
śastraviddhir anādhṛṣyo dūrapātī dṛḍhāyudhaḥ |
haniṣyati camūṁ teṣāṁ mahendro dānavān iva ||
Bhīṣma disse: “Na batalha ele certamente realizará o objetivo que desejas—não há dúvida. Mestre das armas, inalcançável mesmo para grandes peritos, firme em seu armamento e capaz de atingir alvos à distância, destruirá o exército deles como Mahendra (Indra), rei dos deuses, outrora abateu os Dānavas.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the warrior-ethic of confidence grounded in capability: mastery of arms, steadfast equipment, and tactical reach are presented as decisive factors in fulfilling a ruler’s objective in war, reinforced through a mythic analogy to Indra’s victory over the Dānavas.
Bhishma is assuring his side (the Kaurava leadership) that a particular champion will achieve the desired goal in the coming battle and will devastate the opposing army, comparing his expected slaughter to Indra’s destruction of the Dānavas.