Shloka 213
न शक्या युधि निर्जेतुं त्ववन्येन परंतप । “उग्रस्वभाव, भीषण पराक्रमी एवं भयंकर कर्म करनेवाले तुषार, यवन, खश, दार्वाभिसार, दरद, शक, माठर, तंगण, आन्ध्र, पुलिन्द, किरात, म्लेच्छ, पर्वतीय तथा समुद्रतटवर्ती योद्धा, जो युद्धकुशल, रोषावेशसे युक्त, बलवान् एवं हाथोंमें डंडे लिये हुए हैं, क्रोधमें भरकर कौरव-सैनिकोंके साथ दुर्योधनकी सहायताके लिये आये हैं; शत्रुओंको संताप देनेवाले वीर! तुम्हारे सिवा दूसरा कोई इन्हें नहीं जीत सकता
sañjaya uvāca |
na śakyā yudhi nirjetuṃ tvad-anyena paraṃtapa |
ugrasvabhāvā bhīṣaṇa-parākramā bhayaṅkara-karma-kṛtaś ca tuṣārā yavanāḥ khaśā dārvābhisārā daradāḥ śakā māṭharā taṅgaṇā āndhrāḥ pulindāḥ kirātā mlecchāḥ parvatīyāḥ samudra-taṭa-vartinaś ca yodhāḥ |
yuddha-kuśalā roṣāveśa-yuktā balavanto daṇḍa-hastāḥ kruddhāḥ kaurava-sainikaiḥ saha duryodhanasya sahāyārthaṃ samāgatāḥ |
śatrūn saṃtāpayanta vīra tvām ṛte ’nyo na śaknoti jetum ||
桑阇耶说道：“焚灼仇敌者啊，这些战士除你之外，无人能在战场上将其征服。他们天性凶悍，武勇可怖，惯行骇人之事——吐沙罗、夜婆那、佉沙、达尔瓦毗萨罗、达罗陀、释迦、摩他罗、唐伽那、安达罗、普林陀、基罗多以及其他弥勒叉战士——或居山岭，或处海滨——皆善战，怒火炽盛，力大无穷，手执棍棒，愤然随俱卢军前来援助都律约陀那。折磨敌人的英雄啊，除你之外，再无人能击败他们。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage underscores a war-time ethic of realistic appraisal: strength, training, and morale (here, rage and cohesion) determine outcomes, and leadership is measured by the capacity to face concentrated, formidable forces. It also reflects the epic’s habit of classifying diverse frontier peoples as ‘mleccha’ while still acknowledging their martial competence.
Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that numerous fierce, non-Kuru allied fighters—named by their peoples and regions—have joined the Kaurava side to support Duryodhana. He emphasizes that these enraged, club-bearing, battle-skilled warriors are so formidable that only the addressed hero (the ‘paraṃtapa’) is capable of defeating them in battle.