Shloka 46

अध्याय ३: कृपस्य दुर्योधनं प्रति नीत्युपदेशः

Kṛpa’s Counsel to Duryodhana

Devanagari script

प्रजानाथ! उन सबके भाग जानेपर कुरुराज दुर्योधनने शत्रुपक्षकी और अपनी दोनों ही सेनाओंपर आक्रमण किया ।। ततो दुर्योधन: सर्वानाजुहावाथ पाण्डवान्‌ | युद्धाय भरतश्रेष्ठ देवानिव पुरा बलि:,भरतश्रेष्ठ! जैसे पूर्वकालमें राजा बलिने देवताओंको युद्धके लिये ललकारा था, उसी प्रकार दुर्योधनने समस्त पाण्डवोंका आह्वान किया

Transliteration

tato duryodhanaḥ sarvān ājuhāvātha pāṇḍavān | yuddhāya bharataśreṣṭha devān iva purā baliḥ ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：“护民之主啊，当众人尽皆奔逃之后，俱卢之王难敌（Duryodhana）竟向敌军与己军两边同时冲击。继而，婆罗多族之最胜者啊，难敌向诸般度婆（Pāṇḍava）尽数发出战斗的挑战，正如古时巴利王曾召唤诸天赴战一般。”

Word by Word

• {'tataḥ': 'then, thereafter', 'duryodhanaḥ': 'Duryodhana (the Kuru prince, leader of the Kauravas)', 'sarvān': 'all (of them)', 'ājuhāva (ā-hū, perfect)': 'called, summoned, challenged', 'atha': 'then, and then', 'pāṇḍavān': 'the Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pāṇḍu)', 'yuddhāya': 'for battle, to fight (dative/purpose)', 'bharataśreṣṭha': 'O best of the Bharatas (address to Dhṛtarāṣṭra)', 'devān': 'the gods', 'iva': 'like, as', 'purā': 'formerly, in ancient times', 'baliḥ': 'Bali (mythic king famed for power and confrontation with the gods)'}

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• Pāṇḍavas
• Bharata (dynastic epithet)
• Devas
• King Bali

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how pride and defiant resolve can intensify conflict: Duryodhana’s public summons to battle, likened to Bali’s challenge to the gods, underscores a warrior’s audacity while also hinting at the moral peril of hubris that drives war forward.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Duryodhana calls out the Pāṇḍavas to fight. The comparison to King Bali challenging the gods serves to magnify the dramatic scale of the moment and portray Duryodhana’s confrontational stance as the battle momentum builds.