संजय उवाच
क्रौञ्चं ततो महाव्यूहम् अभेद्यं तनयस् तव ॥
व्यूढं दृष्ट्वा महाघोरं पार्थेनामिततेजसा ॥
आचार्यम् उपसंगम्य कृपं शल्यं च मारिष ॥
सौमदत्तिं विकर्णं च अश्वत्थामानम् एव च ॥
दुःशासनादीन् भ्रातॄंश् च स सर्वान् एव भारत ॥
अन्यांश् च सुबहूञ् शूरान् युद्धाय समुपागतान् ॥
प्राहेदं वचनं काले हर्षयंस् तनयस् तव ॥
नानाशस्त्रप्रहरणाः सर्वे शस्त्रास्त्रवेदिनः ॥
saṃjaya uvāca
krauñcaṃ tato mahāvyūham abhedyaṃ tanayas tava ||
vyūḍhaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahāghoraṃ pārthenāmitatejasā ||
ācāryam upasaṃgamya kṛpaṃ śalyaṃ ca māriṣa ||
saumadattiṃ vikarṇaṃ ca aśvatthāmānam eva ca ||
duḥśāsanādīn bhrātṝṃś ca sa sarvān eva bhārata ||
anyāṃś ca subahūñ śūrān yuddhāya samupāgatān ||
prāhedaṃ vacanaṃ kāle harṣayaṃs tanayas tava ||
nānāśastrapraharaṇāḥ sarve śastrāstravedinaḥ ||
Sanjaya said: "Having seen the great, impenetrable and utterly terrible krauncha formation arrayed by Partha of boundless radiance, your son approached the teacher, Kripa, Shalya, Saumadatti, Vikarna, Ashvatthaman, his brothers headed by Duhshasana, and the multitude of other heroes who had come for battle, O Bharata. Encouraging them, your son spoke these words in time: all of them were armed with various weapons and knew the shastras and astras."
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Duryodhana sees the Pandava formation as a real threat and at once rallies his chief forces around himself. His energy is great, but it is still directed toward holding power through fear and calculation.