धृतराष्ट्र उवाच
यथा वदसि मे सूत एकस्य बहुभिः सह ॥
संग्रामं तुमुलं घोरं जयं चैव महात्मनः ॥
अश्रद्धेयम् इवाश्चर्यं सौभद्रस्याथ विक्रमम् ॥
किं तु नात्यद्भुतं तेषां येषां धर्मो व्यपाश्रयः ॥
दुर्योधने ऽथ विमुखे राजपुत्रशते हते ॥
सौभद्रे प्रतिपत्तिं कां प्रत्यपद्यन्त मामकाः ॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
yathā vadasi me sūta ekasya bahubhiḥ saha ||
saṃgrāmaṃ tumulaṃ ghoraṃ jayaṃ caiva mahātmanaḥ ||
aśraddheyam ivāścaryaṃ saubhadrasyātha vikramam ||
kiṃ tu nātyadbhutaṃ teṣāṃ yeṣāṃ dharmo vyapāśrayaḥ ||
duryodhane 'tha vimukhe rājaputraśate hate ||
saubhadre pratipattiṃ kāṃ pratyapadyanta māmakāḥ ||
"How you tell me, o narrator, of the raging, dreadful battle of one against many, and of the victory of that great-souled one — the unimaginable, marvel-like valor of the son of Subhadra... Yet no great marvel is it, for those whose refuge is dharma. When Duryodhana was turned back and a hundred princes struck down, what resolve did my [warriors] choose regarding Abhimanyu?"
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Even Dhritarashtra utters a profound truth: "no great marvel is it, for those whose refuge is dharma." The victory of the righteous is not chance or wonder, but the natural fruit of the truth standing behind it. It is telling that the father of the enemies himself admits: the valor of the Pandavas and their line is nourished by dharma, and so their successes are lawful, not accidental. The verse teaches that behind those whose refuge is dharma stands a power that makes their victories not a marvel but a certainty; that truth is the source of genuine invincibility; and that even a partial witness, if honest, must admit: where dharma is the support, victory is no wonder but its natural fruit — for the world is so ordered at its foundation that truth prevails in the end.