संजय उवाच
परिणाम्य निशां तां तु भारद्वाजो महारथः ॥
बहूक्त्वा च ततो राजन् राजानं च सुयोधनम् ॥
विधाय योगं पार्थेन संशप्तकगणैः सह ॥
निष्क्रान्ते च रणात् पार्थे संशप्तकवधं प्रति ॥
व्यूढानीकस् ततो द्रोणः पाण्डवानां महाचमूम् ॥
अभ्ययाद् भरतश्रेष्ठ धर्मराजजिघृक्षया ॥
saṃjaya uvāca
pariṇāmya niśāṃ tāṃ tu bhāradvājo mahārathaḥ ||
bahūktvā ca tato rājan rājānaṃ ca suyodhanam ||
vidhāya yogaṃ pārthena saṃśaptakagaṇaiḥ saha ||
niṣkrānte ca raṇāt pārthe saṃśaptakavadhaṃ prati ||
vyūḍhānīkas tato droṇaḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahācamūm ||
abhyayād bharataśreṣṭha dharmarājajighṛkṣayā ||
Having waited out that night, O king, the son of Bharadvaja, the great charioteer, and having conferred not a little thereafter with King Suyodhana, agreed upon a stratagem — how to deal with Partha through the hosts of the Samshaptakas. And when Partha had withdrawn from the main field to destroy the Samshaptakas, Drona, having drawn up his army in battle order, advanced, O best of the Bharatas, against the vast host of the Pandavas — in hope of capturing the King of Dharma.
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Drona's plan rests not on valor but on calculation: first draw Arjuna away with the bait of the Samshaptakas, then strike at Yudhishthira, left without his protector. It is telling that the teacher, a man of great honor, stoops to a military ruse — not to kill, but to "capture" the King of Dharma, so as to resume the dishonest game of dice. Here is shown how attachment to an unjust cause draws even the noble into stratagems unworthy of them. The verse teaches that the aim colors the means: serving Duryodhana's design, even the wise resort to deceit; and that the one guarded must beware not where the enemy is strong, but where he is cunning — for the blow is prepared in the hour when defense is drawn away.