Shloka 50
Sainyasaṅgraha and Bhāga-Vyavasthā (Forces Assembled and Rival Allocations) | सैन्यसंग्रह-भागव्यवस्था
“धृतराष्ट्रपुत्र दुर्योधनके द्वारा एकत्र किये हुए जो-जो नरेश अस्त्र-शस्त्रोंकी मारकाटसे व्याप्त हुए भयानक संग्राममें मेरे सामने आयेंगे
dhṛtarāṣṭraputra duryodhanakena ekatrīkṛtā ye ye nareśā astrāśastramārakāṭena vyāptā bhayānake saṅgrāme mama samakṣam āyāsyanti, te katicid api krodhena pūrṇāḥ syuḥ, svasvajanasahitaṃ raṇabhūmim āgatān sarvān tān rājñaḥ aham eka eva tathā vaśe kariṣyāmi yathā timināmā mahāmatsyaḥ jalasya anyāḥ matsyān nigilati. bhīṣmaṃ droṇaṃ kṛpaṃ karṇaṃ drauṇiṃ śalyaṃ suyodhanam, etān śv api nirotsye velā iva makarālayam.
三阇耶说道：“持国之子杜尤陀那所聚集的一切诸王——他们将来到我面前，投入那可怖的战场，兵刃屠戮、血雨腥风——纵使他们怒火炽盛，纵使他们携亲族同赴阵地，我一人也要使他们尽归掌控，正如名为提弥（Timi）的巨鱼吞噬水中群鱼。即便是毗湿摩、德罗那、克利帕、迦尔那、德罗那之子阿湿婆他摩、沙利耶，以及苏尤陀那（杜尤陀那）——即便这些人，我也要加以遏止，如海岸阻拦大海，那摩伽罗之所居。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral tension between confidence and overconfidence in war: a warrior’s resolve to restrain violence can be framed as ‘control,’ yet the imagery (swallowing fish; holding back the ocean) also warns how claims of absolute dominance can shade into hubris, a recurring ethical fault-line in the Mahabharata.
In Udyoga Parva’s pre-war buildup, Sanjaya reports a forceful declaration of martial capability: the speaker claims he can single-handedly subdue the kings assembled by Duryodhana and even check famed champions like Bhishma, Drona, Kripa, Karna, Ashvatthama, and Shalya—using vivid similes of the Timi fish and the shoreline restraining the sea.