Shloka 10
दुर्योधन उवाच नाहं भवति न द्रोणे नाश्वृत्थाम्नि न संजये । न भीष्मे न च काम्बोजे न कृपे न च बाह्लिके,दुर्योधन बोला-पिताजी! मैंने आप, द्रोणाचार्य, अश्वत्थामा, संजय, भीष्म, काम्बोजनरेश, कृपाचार्य, बाह्नीक, सत्यव्रत, पुरुमित्र, भूरिश्रवा अथवा आपके अन्यान्य योद्धाओंपर सारा बोझ रखकर पाण्डवोंको युद्धके लिये आमन्त्रित नहीं किया है
duryodhana uvāca | nāhaṃ bhavati na droṇe nāśvatthāmni na saṃjaye | na bhīṣme na ca kāmboje na kṛpe na ca bāhlike |
难敌说道：“父王，我并非把全部重担都压在您身上，才向般度五子发出战争的挑战——也不曾压在德罗纳身上，不曾压在阿湿婆他曼身上，不曾压在三阇耶身上；不曾压在毗湿摩身上，不曾压在甘波阇之王身上，不曾压在克利波身上，也不曾压在婆诃利迦身上。”
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds leadership accountability: Duryodhana claims he has not shifted the moral and strategic burden of initiating war onto revered elders and allies. Ethically, it highlights the tension between asserting personal agency and the reality that one’s choices still implicate teachers, elders, and the wider polity.
In Udyoga Parva, as war becomes imminent, Duryodhana addresses his father Dhṛtarāṣṭra and names key Kaurava champions. He insists that he did not invite the Pāṇḍavas to battle by relying on these great warriors to bear the entire responsibility, presenting himself as the principal decision-maker behind the confrontation.