Shloka 14
सैन्धवं मद्रराजानं राजानं च सुयोधनम् । वीरान् कृतास्त्रान् समरे सवनिवानिवर्तिन:
saindhavaṁ madrarājānaṁ rājānaṁ ca suyodhanam | vīrān kṛtāstrān samare savanivānivartinaḥ ||
Wika ni Sañjaya: “Naroon din si Jayadratha ng Sindhu, ang hari ng Madra na si Śalya, at si Haring Suyodhana (Duryodhana)—mga bayani na ganap na sanay sa sandata, mabangis sa labanan, at kailanma’y hindi tumatalikod sa digmaan. Sa harap ng mga dakilang mandirigmang-karwahe—Bhīṣma, Droṇa, Kṛpa, Karṇa na anak ng Araw, Aśvatthāmā, Bhūriśravā, Kṛtavarmā, Jayadratha, Śalya, at Haring Duryodhana—sino pa sa daigdig na ito, maliban sa iyo, ang makapagtatagumpay?”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ideal of kṣatriya steadfastness—warriors trained in arms who do not retreat—and uses praise to stress how extraordinary it would be to overcome such a concentration of renowned fighters. Ethically, it reflects the Mahābhārata’s tension between valor and the moral cost of war: excellence in battle is admired, yet it serves a destructive end.
Sañjaya describes to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the formidable Kaurava champions—Jayadratha, Śalya, Duryodhana and other famed mahārathas—emphasizing their skill and refusal to withdraw. He then poses a rhetorical question: who, besides the addressed hero (contextually a supreme warrior), could possibly defeat them?