Shloka 12
Bhīṣma’s Appraisal of Kaurava Champions (भीष्मकृतः रथिनां गुणनिरूपणम्)
दुर्योधन उवाच विद्यते मे न गाड़ेय भयं देवासुरेष्वपि । समस्तेषु महाबाहो सत्यमेतद् ब्रवीमि ते
duryodhana uvāca | vidyate me na gāḍheya bhayaṃ devāsureṣv api | samasteṣu mahābāho satyam etad bravīmi te ||
Wika ni Duryodhana: “O makapangyarihang anak ng Ilog Gaṅgā, ikaw na may malalakas na bisig! Wala akong malalim na takot—kahit pa sa mga diyos at mga asura, kahit magsama-sama silang lahat. Ito’y sinasabi ko sa iyo nang buong katotohanan.”
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how unchecked pride and overconfidence can harden a person against wise counsel and even against reverence for higher moral or cosmic order. Ethically, it signals a movement away from humility and dharma toward obstinate self-will.
In the Udyoga Parva, as war becomes imminent, Duryodhana addresses Bhīṣma (the son of the Gaṅgā). He asserts that he feels no fear even of the combined gods and asuras, emphasizing his defiant resolve in the face of looming conflict and admonition.