सा भूमिर् भरतश्रेष्ठ निहतैस् तैर् महारथैः ॥
आस्तीर्णा संबभौ सर्वा प्रेतीभूतैः समन्ततः ॥
एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे चैव प्रमत्ते सव्यसाचिनि ॥
व्यूढानीकस् ततो द्रोणो युधिष्ठिरम् उपाद्रवत् ॥
तं प्रत्यगृह्णंस् त्वरिता व्यूढानीकाः प्रहारिणः ॥
युधिष्ठिरं परीप्सन्तस् तदासीत् तुमुलं महत् ॥
sā bhūmir bharataśreṣṭha nihatais tair mahārathaiḥ ||
āstīrṇā saṃbabhau sarvā pretībhūtaiḥ samantataḥ ||
etasminn antare caiva pramatte savyasācini ||
vyūḍhānīkas tato droṇo yudhiṣṭhiram upādravat ||
taṃ pratyagṛhṇaṃs tvaritā vyūḍhānīkāḥ prahāriṇaḥ ||
yudhiṣṭhiraṃ parīpsantas tadāsīt tumulaṃ mahat ||
That earth, O best of the Bharatas, strewn with those slain great chariot-fighters, appeared entirely covered on every side with those turned into the dead. Meanwhile, just then, while Savyasachin was engrossed in battle, Drona, having drawn up his army in battle formation, charged upon Yudhishthira. Valiant warriors in battle formation, hastening, met him head-on, striving to defend Yudhishthira; and then a vast tumult arose.
d89389c15f4a · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 3:00:04 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The very distraction of Arjuna is the whole purpose of the samshaptakas' design, and now it is fulfilled: 'while Savyasachin is engrossed in battle,' Drona rushes toward the main prize — Yudhishthira. Thus it is revealed that the brilliant victory over the samshaptakas was for the enemy merely a lure, drawing away the guardian. Here shows itself the strategy of the unrighteous: not to overcome the strongest, but to lead him away and strike at the one he was protecting. It is significant that at the very hour of Arjuna's triumph a danger ripens where he is not. The verse teaches that absorption even in a righteous task must not obscure a greater responsibility; that the enemy strikes not where you are strong, but where you are absent; and that one who guards what is entrusted to him must remember it even in the midst of his own victory, for trouble approaches from the unwatched side.