Shloka 14
Indra-vijaya Upākhyāna and Śalya’s Assurance to Yudhiṣṭhira (इन्द्रविजयोपाख्यानम् — शल्ययुधिष्ठिरसंवादः)
एवं तव दुरात्मान: शत्रव: शत्रुसूदन । क्षिप्रं नाशं गमिष्यन्ति कर्णदुर्योधनादय:
evaṁ tava durātmānaḥ śatravaḥ śatrusūdana | kṣipraṁ nāśaṁ gamiṣyanti karṇa-duryodhanādayaḥ ||
شالیہ نے کہا—اے شترُسودن! تمہارے بدباطن دشمن—کرن، دُریودھن وغیرہ—جلد ہی ہلاکت کو پہنچیں گے۔
शल्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores a dharmic principle: persistent wickedness and hostility toward the righteous lead swiftly to ruin; moral disorder carries its own consequence.
Śalya addresses a heroic opponent-destroyer (śatrusūdana) and predicts that the Kaurava leaders—Karna, Duryodhana, and others—will soon be destroyed, offering reassurance about the downfall of the unrighteous side.