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Shloka 46

Udyoga Parva Adhyaya 62 — Duryodhana’s Claim of Victory and Vidura’s Allegories on Discord and Risk

अन्येषु च नरेन्‍्द्रेषु पराक्रम्य समारभे । दादाजी! ऐसी दशामें भी आप कैसे जानते हैं कि विजय कुन्तीपुत्रोंकी ही होगी। मैं, आप, द्रोणाचार्य, कृपाचार्य, बाह्निक तथा अन्य राजाओंके पराक्रमका भरोसा करके युद्धका आरम्भ नहीं कर रहा हूँ

anyeṣu ca narendreṣu parākramya samārabhe |

Duryodhana nói: “Ta cũng không khởi chiến chỉ vì cậy vào dũng lực của các vua khác. Dẫu vậy, thưa bậc đáng kính, sao ngài có thể chắc rằng chiến thắng sẽ chỉ thuộc về các con của Kuntī? Ta không phát động cuộc xung đột này chỉ dựa vào sức riêng ta, cũng không chỉ dựa vào Droṇa, Kṛpa, Bāhlīka hay vô số chư vương khác.”

अन्येषुin/among other
अन्येषु:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
नरेन्द्रेषुamong kings
नरेन्द्रेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootनरेन्द्र
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
पराक्रम्यhaving exerted (valor)
पराक्रम्य:
TypeVerb
Rootपराक्रम्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here), having exerted valor / having made an effort
समारभेI undertake / I begin
समारभे:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-रभ्
FormLat (Present), Atmanepada, First, Singular

दुर्योधन उवाच

D
Duryodhana
K
Kuntī
K
Kuntīputras (the Pāṇḍavas)
D
Droṇācārya
K
Kṛpācārya
B
Bāhlīka
O
other kings (narendras)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the tension between confidence in human power (allies, generals, kings) and the unsettling possibility that moral order, destiny, or divine favor may determine victory. It also reveals how pride can resist wise counsel even while acknowledging uncertainty.

In Udyoga Parva, as war becomes imminent, Duryodhana responds to an elder’s assertion that the Pāṇḍavas will win. He challenges that certainty and insists he is not initiating war merely by counting on the strength of famous warriors like Droṇa, Kṛpa, and Bāhlīka or other kings.