Mahabharata — Virata Parva, Shloka 203
ध्रुव एव जयस्तस्य यस्य यन्ता बृहन्नला । (देवेन्द्रसारथिश्नैव मातलिलल॑घुविक्रम: । कृष्णस्य सारथिश्नैव न बृहन्नलया समौ ।।
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | dhruva eva jayas tasya yasya yantā bṛhannalā | (devendrasārathiś caiva mātalir laghuvikramaḥ | kṛṣṇasya sārathiś caiva dāruko na bṛhannalayā samau ||)
Sinabi ni Yudhiṣṭhira: “Tiyak ang tagumpay para sa sinumang si Bṛhannalā ang tagapagmaneho ng karwahe. Maging si Mātali, ang mabilis na tagapagmaneho ni Indra, at si Dāruka, ang tagapagmaneho ni Kṛṣṇa, ay hindi maihahambing kay Bṛhannalā. Kaya, O hari, hindi kataka-taka na natalo ng iyong anak ang mga Kaurava at nabawi ang mga baka; kapag ganyan ang gumagabay sa renda, tiyak ang tagumpay.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Competent guidance and right leadership (symbolized by the charioteer who directs the course) make success steady; Yudhiṣṭhira frames victory as the natural outcome of having an unsurpassed guide like Bṛhannalā.
After the cattle are recovered and the Kauravas are routed, Yudhiṣṭhira attributes the decisive victory to the presence of Bṛhannalā (Arjuna in disguise) as charioteer, praising her superiority even over the famed divine charioteers Mātali and Dāruka.