कर्णो भूरिश्रवा द्रौणिर् वृषसेनश् च दुर्जयः ॥
कृपश् च मद्रराजश् च षड् एते ऽस्य पुरोगमाः ॥
शकटः पद्मपश् चार्धो व्यूहो द्रोणेन कल्पितः ॥
पद्मकर्णिकमध्यस्थः सूचीपाशे जयद्रथः ॥
स्थास्यते रक्षितो वीरैः सिन्धुराड् युद्धदुर्मदैः ॥
karṇo bhūriśravā drauṇir vṛṣasenaś ca durjayaḥ ||
kṛpaś ca madrarājaś ca ṣaḍ ete 'sya purogamāḥ ||
śakaṭaḥ padmapaś cārdho vyūho droṇena kalpitaḥ ||
padmakarṇikamadhyasthaḥ sūcīpāśe jayadrathaḥ ||
sthāsyate rakṣito vīraiḥ sindhurāḍ yuddhadurmadaiḥ ||
"Karna, Bhurishravas, the son of Drona, unconquerable Vrishasena, Kripa, and the king of Madra — these six are his vanguard ahead. The array 'cart' and half of the 'lotus' have been set up by Drona; in the pericarp of the lotus, in the knot of the 'needle', is Jayadratha."
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The defense is built with skill: "śakaṭaḥ padmapaḥ", "cart" and "lotus", and in their very depths — "padmakarṇika-madhyasthaḥ… sūcīpāśe jayadrathaḥ", Jayadratha is hidden in the pericarp, in the knot of the "needle". Six of the greatest warriors form his guard. It is significant how deeply the guilty man is concealed: a whole art of formation is called upon to place distance between him and his avenger. The verse teaches that fear builds labyrinths around itself, but no cunning of formation will shield from retribution the one whose doom is already decreed: outward strength only delays, but does not cancel, the appointed end.