Shloka 9
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 47 — Arjuna’s Deterrent Declaration
Sañjaya’s Report
शैनेयेन ध्रुवमात्तायुधेन धृष्टद्युम्नेनाथ शिखण्डिना च । युधिष्ठिरेणेन्द्रकल्पेन चैव योज्पध्यानान्निर्दहेद् गां दिवं च
śaineyena dhruvam āttāyudhena dhṛṣṭadyumnenātha śikhaṇḍinā ca | yudhiṣṭhireṇendrakalpena caiva yo 'padhyānān nirdahad gāṃ divaṃ ca ||
सञ्जय उवाच—शैनेयेन ध्रुवमात्तायुधेन धृष्टद्युम्नेन शिखण्डिना च, इन्द्रकल्पेन युधिष्ठिरेण चैव सह युद्धं भविष्यति। स राजा वैरध्यानमात्रेण पृथिवीं दिवं च निर्दहेत्।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the destructive potency of inner hostility (apadhyāna): even a dharmic king’s resolve, when turned toward conflict, is portrayed as world-burning. It implicitly warns that intention and mental fixation can be as consequential as weapons, urging ethical restraint even amid justified warfare.
Sañjaya describes to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the formidable Pāṇḍava side: Sātyaki (Śaineya) armed and ready, Dhṛṣṭadyumna, Śikhaṇḍī, and Yudhiṣṭhira shining like Indra. The statement intensifies the sense of impending war and the overwhelming power aligned with the Pāṇḍavas.