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Shloka 15

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 64: Arjuna’s Instruction to Sanjaya

Message to the Kuru Assembly

यच्चैव नगरे तस्मिउ्छूयते महदद्धुतम्‌ । एकस्य च बहूनां च पर्याप्त तन्निदर्शनम्‌

yac caiva nagare tasmin śrūyate mahad adbhutam | ekasya ca bahūnāṁ ca paryāptaṁ tan nidarśanam ||

اور اسی شہر میں ایک بڑا عجوبہ بھی سنا جاتا ہے—ایک ہی سورما کا بہتوں کے ساتھ حیرت انگیز معرکہ۔ وہ ایک مثال ہی کافی دلیل ہے۔ وِراٹ کے شہر میں تمہارے بھائیوں سمیت جو پوری فوج جنگ کے لیے گئی تھی، وہ وہاں سے تمام گائیں چھوڑ کر نہایت خوف زدہ ہو کر تمہارے سامنے ہی بھاگ کھڑی ہوئی تھی۔ اس شہر میں ایک (ارجن) کا بہتوں کے ساتھ جو شگفتہ و شاندار جنگی کارنامہ مشہور ہے، وہی اس کی قوت اور ناقابلِ شکست ہونے کی کافی نشانی ہے۔

यत्that which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
नगरेin the city
नगरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootनगर
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
तस्मिन्in that (city)
तस्मिन्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
उच्यतेis said/is spoken of
उच्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPresent, Atmanepada, Third, Singular, Passive
महत्great
महत्:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
अद्भुतम्marvellous/wondrous
अद्भुतम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootअद्भुत
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
एकस्यof one (man)
एकस्य:
TypeNumeral/Adjective
Rootएक
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
बहूनाम्of many (men)
बहूनाम्:
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootबहु
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पर्याप्तम्sufficient/adequate
पर्याप्तम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootपर्याप्त
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
तत्that
तत्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
निदर्शनम्example/illustration
निदर्शनम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनिदर्शन
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

विदुर उवाच

V
Vidura
A
Arjuna
K
Kauravas (your brothers)
V
Virāṭa
V
Virāṭanagara
G
Gauḥ (cattle)

Educational Q&A

Vidura urges sober judgment: even one well-attested example can be decisive evidence. The reported feat of one warrior defeating many is presented as sufficient proof of Arjuna’s overwhelming strength, implying that pursuing war against the Pāṇḍavas is ethically and strategically reckless.

Vidura reminds the listener of the famous Virāṭa episode: at Virāṭa’s city, the Kaurava force that went to seize cattle was routed and fled in fear when confronted by a single champion—understood to be Arjuna. He cites this as a widely known marvel and as a warning against underestimating the Pāṇḍavas.