Shloka 14
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 64: Arjuna’s Instruction to Sanjaya
Message to the Kuru Assembly
यत् तद् विराटनगरे सह भ्रातृभिरग्रतः । उत्सृज्य गा: सुसंत्रस्तं बल॑ ते समशीर्यत
yat tad virāṭa-nagare saha bhrātṛbhir agrataḥ | utsṛjya gāḥ su-saṁtrastaṁ balaṁ te samaśīryata ||
毗度罗说道：维罗吒城中的那件事众所周知——你与诸弟在前督战时，你的军队出征迎敌，却弃牛群于不顾，因极度恐惧而阵列崩散、当面奔逃。并且那处所传的奇绝之战——一名战士（阿周那）独当众人——仅此一例，已足以证明他压倒性的威力与近乎不可战胜。
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vidura urges sober realism and ethical restraint: arrogance should be checked by remembering concrete evidence of the Pāṇḍavas’ strength. Ignoring such proof and pursuing an unjust war leads to ruin; wise policy aligns with dharma and with accurate assessment of power.
Vidura recalls the Virāṭa episode (the cattle raid): the Kaurava force, led in the presence of the Kuru princes, panicked and fled after abandoning the seized cattle. He points to the famed spectacle of one warrior—Arjuna—fighting many as decisive proof of Arjuna’s might.