Shloka 4
Droṇa’s Renewed Advance toward Yudhiṣṭhira; Fall of Satyajit and Allied Recoil (द्रोणस्य युधिष्ठिरप्रेप्सा—सत्यजितः पतनम्)
व्यूढं दृष्टवा सुपर्ण तु भारद्वाजकृतं तदा । व्यूहेन मण्डलार्धेन प्रत्यव्यूहद् युधिष्ठिर:,द्रोणाचार्यके बनाये हुए गरुड़व्यूहको देखकर युधिष्ठिरने अपनी सेनाका मण्डलार्धव्यूह बनाया
sañjaya uvāca |
vyūḍhaṃ dṛṣṭvā suparṇaṃ tu bhāradvājakṛtaṃ tadā |
vyūhena maṇḍalārdhena pratyavyūhad yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—সেই সময় ভাৰদ্বাজপুত্ৰ দ্ৰোণে ৰচনা কৰা সুপৰ্ণ (গৰুড়) ব্যূহ দেখি যুধিষ্ঠিৰে প্ৰতিব্যূহ হিচাপে নিজৰ সেনাক মণ্ডলাৰ্ধ (অৰ্ধবৃত্ত) ব্যূহত সাজিলে।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even within warfare, leadership requires alertness, restraint, and proportionate response: Yudhiṣṭhira does not act rashly but counters an enemy formation with an appropriate defensive arrangement, reflecting the ethic of measured action in a dharma-framed conflict.
Droṇa (called Bhāradvāja) has arranged the Kaurava army in the Suparṇa/Garuḍa formation. Observing this, Yudhiṣṭhira organizes the Pāṇḍava forces into a maṇḍalārdha (semi-circular) formation to counter Droṇa’s tactical setup.