एतद् दुर्योधनो लब्ध्वा समग्रं नागमण्डलम् ॥
कृपं च सौमदत्तिं च द्रोणं च रथिनां वरम् ॥
सिन्धुराजं तथा कर्णम् अवमन्यत पाण्डवान् ॥
कृतार्थम् अथ चात्मानं मन्यते कालचोदितः ॥
ते च सर्वे ऽनुसंप्राप्ता मम नाराचगोचरम् ॥
न विमोक्ष्यन्ति कौन्तेय यद्य् अपि स्युर् मनोजवाः ॥
तेन संभाविता नित्यं परवीर्योपजीविना ॥
विनाशम् उपयास्यन्ति मच्छरौघनिपीडिताः ॥
etad duryodhano labdhvā samagraṃ nāgamaṇḍalam ||
kṛpaṃ ca saumadattiṃ ca droṇaṃ ca rathināṃ varam ||
sindhurājaṃ tathā karṇam avamanyata pāṇḍavān ||
kṛtārtham atha cātmānaṃ manyate kālacoditaḥ ||
te ca sarve 'nusaṃprāptā mama nārācagocaram ||
na vimokṣyanti kaunteya yady api syur manojavāḥ ||
tena saṃbhāvitā nityaṃ paravīryopajīvinā ||
vināśam upayāsyanti maccharaughanipīḍitāḥ ||
Having obtained the whole circle of elephants, and Kripa, and the son of Somadatta, and Drona, best of charioteers, and the king of Sindhu, and also Karna, Duryodhana has scorned the Pandavas and, driven by fate, deems himself as one who has reached his goal. But all of them, once they have come within the reach of my arrows, will not escape alive, O son of Kunti, even were they swift as thought. Ever cherished by him who lives by another's valor, they will come to ruin, beset by the streams of my arrows.
01633a2bcdc1 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 4:02:23 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Duryodhana scorns the Pandavas and, driven by fate, deems himself at his goal. Such self-assurance, propped on “another's valor,” is blind to its own doom. It is telling that one who deems himself arrived at his goal is in fact being driven toward ruin. The verse teaches that whoever prides himself on borrowed strength and despises his opponent is blinded by fate: self-satisfaction fed on another's valor is a sure herald of downfall.