Shloka 40
Saubhadra under Concentrated Assault; Pārṣata’s Intervention and Escalation
धृष्टद्युम्नो5पि समरे धर्मराजानम भ्ययात् । ततः प्रववृते युद्ध तुमुलं लोमहर्षणम्
sañjaya uvāca | dhṛṣṭadyumno 'pi samare dharmarājānam abhyayāt | tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ tumulaṃ lomaharṣaṇam |
قال سانجيا: وحتى دْهريشتاديومنا، في خضم القتال، تقدّم نحو دارماراجا (يودهيشتيرا). عندئذٍ اندلع قتالٌ صاخبٌ يقشعرّ له البدن—مروّعٌ في شدّته—معلِنًا تصاعد سعار الحرب وثِقَل العبء الأخلاقي الذي يحمله من يقاتل تحت راية الدارما.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how, even amid violent upheaval, the war is framed through dharma: leaders and commanders act with awareness of duty and consequence, and the narrative highlights the fearful gravity that accompanies righteous responsibility in conflict.
Sañjaya reports that Dhṛṣṭadyumna moves toward Yudhiṣṭhira on the battlefield, and immediately afterward a fierce, tumultuous, hair-raising battle erupts, marking an intensification of the fighting around the Pāṇḍava leadership.