Shloka 12
Adhyāya 195 — Arjuna’s Capability and Restraint Regarding Divyāstras
Udyoga Parva
भीमधन्वायनी सेना धृष्टद्युम्नेन पालिता । गड़्ेव पूर्णा स्तिमिता स्यन्दमाना व्यदृश्यत
bhīmadhanvāyinī senā dhṛṣṭadyumnena pālitā | gaṅgevapūrṇā stimītā syandamānā vyadṛśyata ||
ভয়ংকৰ ধনুৰ্ধৰেৰে পৰিপূৰ্ণ আৰু ধৃষ্টদ্যুম্নে ৰক্ষিত পাণ্ডৱসেনা, ক’তাও স্থিৰ ক’তাও আগবাঢ়ি—পূৰ্ণ প্ৰবাহত গঙ্গাৰ দৰে দেখা গ’ল।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how power in war should be governed by protection and command: an army becomes ethically effective when its force is disciplined—steady when restraint is needed and forceful when action is required.
Vaiśampāyana describes the Pāṇḍavas’ host under Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s protection, portraying its movements as alternating between stillness and forward surge, like the Gaṅgā when full—conveying both readiness and momentum before the great conflict.