মহতা হি প্রযত্নেন হস্ত্যশ্বরথপত্তিভিঃ অস্মাভির্যদনুষ্ঠেযং গন্ধর্বৈস্তদনুষ্ঠিতম্
महता हि प्रयत्नेन हस्त्यश्वरथपत्तिभिः अस्माभिर्यदनुष्ठेयं गन्धर्वैस्तदनुष्ठितम्
mahatā hi prayatnena hasty-aśva-ratha-pattibhiḥ asmābhir yad anuṣṭheyaṁ gandharvais tad anuṣṭhitam
Synonyms
mahatā—very great; hi—certainly; prayatnena—by endeavor; hasti—elephants; aśva—horses; ratha—chariots; pattibhiḥ—and by infantry soldiers; asmābhiḥ—by ourselves; yat—whatever; anuṣṭheyaṁ—has to be arranged; gandharvaiḥ—by the Gandharvas; tat—that; anuṣṭhitam—done..
Translation
" 'What we have had to arrange with great endeavor by collecting elephants, horses, chariots and infantry soldiers has already been accomplished by the Gandharvas.'
Purport
This is a quotation from the Mahābhārata (Vana-parva 241.15). Bhīmasena made this statement when all the Pāṇḍavas were living incognito. At that time there was a fight between the Kauravas and the Gandharvas. The Kaurava soldiers were under the command of Karṇa, but the commander-in-chief of the Gandharvas was able to arrest all the Kauravas by virtue of superior military strength. At that time Duryodhana's ministers and commanders, who were living in the forest, requested Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira to help. After being thus petitioned, Bhīmasena spoke the verse given above, remembering Duryodhana's former nefarious and atrocious activities against them. Indeed, Bhīmasena felt it very fitting that Duryodhana and his company were arrested. This could have been accomplished by the Pāṇḍavas only with great endeavor.