Shloka 18
दृष्टवा द्रोणाय पाज्चाल्यं व्रजन्तं युद्धदुर्मदम् । यमाभ्यां तांश्व संसक्तांस्तदन्तरमुपाद्रवत्
dṛṣṭvā droṇāya pāñcālyaṃ vrajantaṃ yuddha-durmadam | yamābhyāṃ tāṃś ca saṃsaktāṃs tad-antaram upādravat ||
সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—দ্ৰোণৰ ফালে যুদ্ধোন্মত্ত পাঞ্চাল বীৰক ধাৱমান দেখি, আৰু যমসম দুয়ো পক্ষৰ যোদ্ধাসকলক পৰস্পৰে গাঁথ খাই যুঁজত থকা দেখি, সি সেই মাজৰ ফাঁকত তৎক্ষণাৎ বেগেৰে ধাৱি পৰিল।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how war inflames the mind (yuddha-durmadam), and how, in such a morally fraught arena, warriors act with swift opportunism—charging into even a momentary opening. It implicitly cautions that battle-frenzy can eclipse restraint, making ethical clarity harder to maintain.
Sañjaya describes a Pāñcāla warrior rushing toward Droṇa in battle-fury. At the same time, fighters are tightly engaged between the twin warriors called the Yamau; seeing the gap created in that engagement, someone (the subject implied by upādravat) charges into that interval.