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Shloka 53

Śalya Installed as Commander; Coalition Agreement and Battle Arrays (शल्यसेनापत्यारोहणं व्यूहवर्णनं च)

इति सत्य ब्रवीम्येष दुर्योधन न संशय: । “मैं रणभूमिमें कुन्तीके सभी पुत्रों और सामने आये हुए सोमकोंपर भी विजय प्राप्त कर लूँगा। इसमें भी संदेह नहीं कि मैं तुम्हारा सेनापति होऊँगा और ऐसे व्यूहका निर्माण करूँगा, जिसे शत्रु लाँघ नहीं सकेंगे। दुर्योधन! यह मैं तुमसे सच्ची बात कहता हूँ। इसमें कोई संशय नहीं है”

iti satyaṁ bravīmy eṣa duryodhana na saṁśayaḥ |

三阇耶说道:“我对你所言皆为真实,哦,杜律约陀那——毫无疑虑。”在筹谋战事之际,此句为那份自信与决断作结:把“必然”当作言辞之兵,以稳住俱卢诸将的心志,并为进攻之策张本。

इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
सत्यंtruth
सत्यं:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसत्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
ब्रवीमिI speak / I say
ब्रवीमि:
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू
FormPresent (Lat), First, Singular, Parasmaipada
एषःthis
एषः:
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दुर्योधनO Duryodhana
दुर्योधन:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootदुर्योधन
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
D
Duryodhana

Educational Q&A

The verse foregrounds the ethical weight of speech—claiming “truth” and “no doubt” functions to authorize a course of action. In epic narrative, such certainty can be both a virtue (steadfastness) and a danger (overconfidence), depending on whether it aligns with dharma.

Sañjaya reports a decisive assurance addressed to Duryodhana, closing a prior assertion with a formal guarantee: “I am telling you the truth; there is no doubt.” It serves as a narrative marker of firm commitment amid the Kauravas’ war deliberations in Śalya Parva.