Shloka 113
Duryodhana-patana-anuśocana
The Fall of Duryodhana and the Contest of Restraint
तदेवं विजय: प्राप्त: पुन: संशयित: कृत: । महान् प्रयास करके भीष्म आदि कौरवोंको मारकर विजय एवं श्रेष्ठ यशकी प्राप्ति की गयी और वैरका पूरा-पूरा बदला चुकाया गया था। इस प्रकार जो विजय प्राप्त हुई थी, उसे उन्होंने फिर संशयमें डाल दिया है
tadevaṁ vijayaḥ prāptaḥ punaḥ saṁśayitaḥ kṛtaḥ |
Sinabi ni Vāyu: “Sa gayon, ang tagumpay ay tunay nang nakamtan; subalit muli itong ibinabalik sa pag-aalinlangan. Kahit matapos ang napakalaking pagsisikap—matapos mapatay si Bhīṣma at ang iba pang mga kampeon ng Kaurava—nakamit ang tagumpay at ang pinakadakilang katanyagan, at ganap na naiganti ang alitan. Ngunit ang tagumpay na iyon, na pinaghirapan, ay ginawa na namang di-tiyak.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Hard-won success can be undermined when one reopens doubt and indecision; ethical responsibility includes safeguarding the fruits of righteous effort and not letting past sacrifices become futile through renewed confusion.
Vāyu reflects on the war’s outcome: after tremendous struggle and the fall of major Kaurava warriors such as Bhīṣma, victory and renown were achieved and the feud seemingly settled—yet someone’s later actions or wavering has cast that victory into uncertainty again.