Mahabharata — Shalya Parva, Shloka 41
Śalya Installed as Commander; Coalition Agreement and Battle Arrays (शल्यसेनापत्यारोहणं व्यूहवर्णनं च)
यच्च ते तपसो वीर्य यच्च क्षात्रं बल॑ं तव | तद् दर्शय रणे सर्व जहि चैनं महारथम्
yacca te tapaso vīryaṃ yacca kṣātraṃ balaṃ tava | tad darśaya raṇe sarvaṃ jahi cainaṃ mahāratham iti satyaṃ bravīmy eṣa duryodhana na saṃśayaḥ |
Sañjaya nói: “Bất cứ uy lực nào ngươi có từ khổ hạnh, và bất cứ sức mạnh nào ngươi có với tư cách một chiến binh—hãy phô bày tất cả trên chiến địa. Hãy đánh hạ vị đại xa chiến này. Duryodhana, ta nói điều ấy là sự thật; không có nghi ngờ.”
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The verse frames battlefield success as the outward test of inner discipline (tapas) and rightful warrior strength (kṣātra-bala). It highlights the kṣatriya ideal of proving one’s cultivated power through decisive action, while also revealing the moral pressure of war-counsel that urges killing a foremost opponent.
Sañjaya addresses Duryodhana, urging him to demonstrate his ascetic-earned potency and warrior strength in the fight and to bring down a leading enemy chariot-warrior (contextually Śalya). The speech functions as exhortation and reassurance—‘I speak the truth; there is no doubt.’
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