Shloka 12
Droṇa’s Renewed Advance toward Yudhiṣṭhira; Fall of Satyajit and Allied Recoil (द्रोणस्य युधिष्ठिरप्रेप्सा—सत्यजितः पतनम्)
जयद्रथो भीमरथ: सम्पातिऋषभो जय:,व्यूहस्योरसि ते राजन् स्थिता युद्धविशारदा: । राजन! उस व्यूहके हृदयस्थानमें जयद्रथ, भीमरथ, सम्पाति, ऋषभ, जय, भूमिंजय, वृषक्राथ तथा महाबली निषधराज बहुत बड़ी सेनाके साथ खड़े थे। ये सब-के-सब ब्रह्मलोककी प्राप्तिको लक्ष्य बनाकर लड़नेवाले तथा युद्धकी कलामें अत्यन्त निपुण थे
sañjaya uvāca | jayadratho bhīmarathaḥ sampātir ṛṣabho jayaḥ, vyūhasyorasi te rājan sthitā yuddhaviśāradāḥ |
হে ৰাজন, সেই ব্যূহৰ হৃদয়স্থানত জয়দ্ৰথ, ভীমৰথ, সম্পাতি, ঋষভ আৰু জয়—যুদ্ধবিদ্যাত পাৰদৰ্শী বীৰসকল অৱস্থান কৰিছিল।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the dharmic and strategic idea that the ‘heart’ of a formation must be held by the most capable and resolute warriors. In epic ethics, martial skill (yuddhaviśāradatā) is not merely technical prowess but also steadiness of mind and readiness to bear the consequences of one’s chosen allegiance.
Sañjaya is describing to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the internal arrangement of a battle-array in the Droṇa Parva. He specifies which notable Kaurava-aligned warriors are positioned at the formation’s central core, indicating both tactical importance and the intensity expected at that point of engagement.