नैतादृशं समुद्योगं दृष्टवन्तो ऽथ मानुषाः ॥
ऋषयो वा महाभागाः पुराणा भुवि संजय ॥
ईदृशो हि बलौघस् तु युक्तः शस्त्रास्त्रसंपदा ॥
वध्यते यत्र संग्रामे किम् अन्यद् भागधेयतः ॥
विपरीतम् इदं सर्वं प्रतिभाति स्म संजय ॥
यत्रेदृशं बलं घोरं नातरद् युधि पाण्डवान् ॥
अथ वा पाण्डवार्थाय देवास् तत्र समागताः ॥
युध्यन्ते मामकं सैन्यं यद् अवध्यन्त संजय ॥
उक्तो हि विदुरेणेह हितं पथ्यं च संजय ॥
न च गृह्णाति तन् मन्दः पुत्रो दुर्योधनो मम ॥
तस्य मन्ये मतिः पूर्वं सर्वज्ञस्य महात्मनः ॥
आसीद् यथागतं तात येन दृष्टम् इदं पुरा ॥
अथ वा भाव्यम् एवं हि संजयैतेन सर्वथा ॥
पुरा धात्रा यथा सृष्टं तत् तथा न तद् अन्यथा ॥
naitādṛśaṃ samudyogaṃ dṛṣṭavanto 'tha mānuṣāḥ ||
ṛṣayo vā mahābhāgāḥ purāṇā bhuvi saṃjaya ||
īdṛśo hi balaughas tu yuktaḥ śastrāstrasaṃpadā ||
vadhyate yatra saṃgrāme kim anyad bhāgadheyataḥ ||
viparītam idaṃ sarvaṃ pratibhāti sma saṃjaya ||
yatredṛśaṃ balaṃ ghoraṃ nātarad yudhi pāṇḍavān ||
atha vā pāṇḍavārthāya devās tatra samāgatāḥ ||
yudhyante māmakaṃ sainyaṃ yad avadhyanta saṃjaya ||
ukto hi vidureṇeha hitaṃ pathyaṃ ca saṃjaya ||
na ca gṛhṇāti tan mandaḥ putro duryodhano mama ||
tasya manye matiḥ pūrvaṃ sarvajñasya mahātmanaḥ ||
āsīd yathāgataṃ tāta yena dṛṣṭam idaṃ purā ||
atha vā bhāvyam evaṃ hi saṃjayaitena sarvathā ||
purā dhātrā yathā sṛṣṭaṃ tat tathā na tad anyathā ||
"Neither men nor the great and fortunate sages of old have ever witnessed such an undertaking on this earth, Sanjaya. If such a flood of an army, furnished with an abundance of weapons and astras, is destroyed in battle, what else can it be but fate? All this seems reversed to me, Sanjaya: such a terrible force could not overcome the Pandavas in battle. Or perhaps the gods gathered there for the sake of the Pandavas and fight against my army, since it is being destroyed, Sanjaya. For Vidura spoke here what was beneficial and wholesome, Sanjaya, but my foolish son Duryodhana does not accept it. I think that the mind of that all-knowing, great-souled one had, from the very beginning, already accorded with what came to pass, my son, for he had foreseen this long before. Or else, Sanjaya, it had in every way to be so: as the Creator ordained it of old, so it is, and not otherwise."
598c4df770a2 · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 9:38:20 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Dhritarashtra again comes close to the truth: Vidura had spoken what was good for him, and Duryodhana refused to hear it. Yet this admission collapses at once back into fatalism. He sees the effect but still hides behind fate, though the cause was named long ago.