Shloka 11
Udyoga Parva Adhyāya 58 — Saṃjaya’s Audience and Kṛṣṇa’s Deterrent Counsel (संजय-प्रवेशः कृष्णवाक्यं च)
इन्द्रविष्णुसमावेतौ मन्दात्मा नावबुद्धयते । संश्रयाद् द्रोणभीष्मा भ्यां कर्णस्य च विकत्थनात्
sañjaya uvāca | indraviṣṇusamāvetau mandātmā nāvabuddhyate | saṃśrayād droṇabhīṣmābhyāṃ karṇasya ca vikatthanāt ||
三阇耶说道：愚钝的难敌并不真正明白那两位勇士——他们合一之威，堪比因陀罗与毗湿奴。倚仗德罗那与毗湿摩，又被迦尔那的夸口豪言所迷醉，他仍沉溺于迷妄之中——误判了真实的力量消长，也轻忽了即将到来的战争所负的法义重担。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how moral and strategic blindness arises from arrogance and misplaced reliance: Duryodhana, swayed by the prestige of elders and the boasts of allies, fails to recognize the true (almost divine) prowess of the opposing heroes and the ethical consequences of provoking war.
Sañjaya comments on Duryodhana’s state of mind during the pre-war deliberations: he is overconfident because he leans on Droṇa and Bhīṣma and is encouraged by Karṇa’s bravado, and therefore he cannot properly assess the extraordinary strength of the two principal opponents being compared to Indra and Viṣṇu.