Shloka 34
भीष्मस्य भीमसेन-निरोधः
Bhīṣma checks Bhīmasena; matched engagements intensify
तत्र मे संशयो जातस्तन्ममाचक्ष्व पृच्छत: । यं समाश्रित्य कौन्तेया जयन्त्यस्मान् क्षणे क्षणे
tatra me saṁśayo jātas tan mamācakṣva pṛcchataḥ | yaṁ samāśritya kaunteyā jayanty asmān kṣaṇe kṣaṇe ||
此时我心中生起了沉重的疑惑；因此请依我所问如实作答。昆蒂之子究竟依凭何人，竟能在每一刹那都不断战胜我们？
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a key Mahābhārata insight: repeated success in war is often perceived as resting on a deeper support—right counsel, superior alliance, or dharmic/divine backing. Duryodhana’s doubt points to the ethical dimension of victory, not merely the mechanical one.
In the midst of the Bhīṣma Parva war setting, Duryodhana voices anxiety and asks to be told on whom the Pāṇḍavas rely, since they seem to gain victory over the Kauravas again and again.