Shloka 26
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय २५: संजयदूतवाक्यम्
Sañjaya’s Envoy-Speech on Peace
इन्द्रो5प्येतन्नोत्सहेत् तात हर्तु- मैश्वर्य नो जीवति भीमसेने । धनंजये नकुले चैव सूत तथा वीरे सहदेवे सहिष्णौ
sañjaya uvāca | indro 'py etan notsahet tāta hartum aiśvaryaṃ no jīvati bhīmasene | dhanañjaye nakule caiva sūta tathā vīre sahadeve sahiṣṇau ||
सञ्जय उवाच—तात! भीमसेने जीवति नः ऐश्वर्यं हर्तुमिन्द्रोऽपि नोत्सहेत्। तथा धनञ्जये नकुले च वीर्ये, सहिष्णौ च वीरसहदेवे जीवति, नः राज्यलक्ष्मीः केनचिदपि नापहर्तुं शक्या।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Legitimate power and security are portrayed as resting on steadfast, capable protectors and their endurance; prosperity is not merely luck but is defended by strength, unity, and disciplined resilience.
Sañjaya reports a confident assertion that as long as the Pāṇḍava brothers—especially Bhīma, Arjuna, Nakula, and the patient Sahadeva—remain alive, no one, not even Indra, can strip them of their royal prosperity.