एवम् उक्त्वा ततो राजा सर्वसैन्येन पाण्डवः ॥
अभ्यद्रवद् रणे द्रोणं युयुधानस्य कारणात् ॥
तत्रारावो महान् आसीद् द्रोणम् एकं युयुत्सताम् ॥
पाण्डवानां च भद्रं ते सृञ्जयानां च सर्वशः ॥
ते समेत्य नरव्याघ्रा भारद्वाजं महारथम् ॥
अभ्यवर्षञ् शरैस् तीक्ष्णैः कङ्कबर्हिणवाजितैः ॥
evam uktvā tato rājā sarvasainyena pāṇḍavaḥ ||
abhyadravad raṇe droṇaṃ yuyudhānasya kāraṇāt ||
tatrārāvo mahān āsīd droṇam ekaṃ yuyutsatām ||
pāṇḍavānāṃ ca bhadraṃ te sṛñjayānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ ||
te sametya naravyāghrā bhāradvājaṃ mahāratham ||
abhyavarṣañ śarais tīkṣṇaiḥ kaṅkabarhiṇavājitaiḥ ||
"Having spoken thus, the king, the Pandava, then charged with his whole army into battle against Drona for Yuyudhana's sake. There arose a great cry among those eager to fight Drona alone -- among the Pandavas, blessings upon you, and the Srinjayas altogether. They, tigers among men, coming together, rained sharp arrows fletched with heron and peacock feathers upon Bharadvaja's son, the great warrior."
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A whole army rises 'yuyudhānasya kāraṇāt', for the sake of Yuyudhana alone: the rescue of a friend becomes the common cause of the entire host. It is telling that the fate of a devoted one draws in the whole righteous assembly. The verse teaches that in a good fellowship the trouble of one is the concern of all; where brotherhood is true, no one is abandoned to danger, and all rise for each as for themselves, for the bonds of friendship bind an army more firmly than its ranks.