Shloka 11
“आप वैरके समुद्रसे पार हो गये, जहाँ पहुँचना दूसरे लोगोंके लिये अत्यन्त कठिन है। दूसरे किसीके लिये ऐसा पराक्रम कर दिखाना सर्वथा असम्भव है ।। कुण्जरेणेव मत्तेन वीर संग्राममूर्थनि । दुर्योधनशिरो दिष्ट्या पादेन मृदितं त्वया,“वीर! मतवाले गजराजकी भाँति आपने युद्धके मुहानेपर अपने पैरसे दुर्योधनके मस्तकको कुचल दिया है, यह बड़े सौभाग्यकी बात है
sañjaya uvāca |
āp vairake samudrāt pārāṃ gatāḥ, yatra gantum anyeṣāṃ janānām atyantaṃ duṣkaram |
anyena kenacid evaṃvidhaṃ parākramaṃ kartuṃ sarvathā aśakyam ||
kuñjareṇeva mattena vīra saṅgrāmamūrdhani |
duryodhanaśiro diṣṭyā pādena mṛditaṃ tvayā ||
三阇耶说道：“你已渡过仇怨之海，抵达那对他人而言极难企及的彼岸。换作旁人，绝不可能显现如此神勇。噢，英雄——如同醉狂的象王——就在战阵最前沿，你因天命之佑，以足踏碎了都利约陀那的头颅。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage frames victory in war as a near-impossible crossing of a ‘sea of enmity,’ highlighting both extraordinary human effort (parākrama) and the role of fortune (diṣṭyā). Ethically, it underscores how martial success is praised within kṣatriya norms, even when expressed through brutal imagery, while also hinting at the precariousness of power and the suddenness of downfall.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, praising the addressed warrior’s exceptional feat: at the battle’s forefront, Duryodhana’s head is said to have been crushed underfoot, compared to the trampling force of a rutting elephant. The lines intensify the sense of decisive, overwhelming victory and Duryodhana’s humiliation.