Chapter 1: Arjuna Viṣhāda Yoga – Transforming Grief into Yoga: Verse 10
अपर्याप्तं तदस्माकं बलं भीष्माभिरक्षितम् ।
पर्याप्तं त्विदमेतेषां बलं भीमाभिरक्षितम् ॥
aparyāptaṃ tad-asmākaṃ balaṃ bhīṣmābhirakṣitam
paryāptaṃ tvidam-eteṣāṃ balaṃ bhīmābhirakṣitam – 1.10
Our army shielded by Bheeshma is limited, insufficient. Whereas their army protected by Bheema is unlimited, sufficient.
Chapter 1: Arjuna Viṣhāda Yoga – Transforming Grief into Yoga - Verse 10
Swami Nirviseshananda Tirtha
The words ‘paryāptam’ and ‘aparyāptam’ literally mean ‘competent’ and ‘incompetent’. Duryodhana’s army exceeds Yudhishthira’s by more than half, and includes invincible Bheeshma and Drona – the teacher of both the cousin brothers. Hence, there should be no fear or doubt about his victory. Yet Duryodhana is not able to shun diffidence. Bheema had vowed to take his and his brothers’ lives to avenge their assault on Draupadi. That scene haunts Duryodhana terribly. And at heart he feels his army is insufficient to defeat his enemy’s.
Yudhishthira’s much smaller army looks to him ‘sufficiently powerful’ to subdue all the opponent heroes, including the invincible Grandfather and the unconquerable Teacher.
Is this not a clear allusion to the abstruse course of Dharma, his deluded mind refuses to discern? Dharma is bound to win by its own might. In fact, Mahabharata depicts how Dharma ultimately wins!
