Shloka 25
Kaurava Mobilization at Kurukṣetra (Duryodhana Orders War Preparations) / कुरुक्षेत्रे धार्तराष्ट्र-सैन्यसज्जा
धृष्टद्युम्नमहं मन््ये सहेद् भीष्मस्य सायकान् । वज्जाशनिसमस्पर्शान् दीप्तास्यथानुरगानिव
dhṛṣṭadyumnam ahaṃ manye sahed bhīṣmasya sāyakān | vajrāśani-samasparśān dīptāsyathānuragān iva ||
আমি মনে করি ধৃষ্টদ্যুম্ন ভীষ্মের সেই শরসমূহ সহ্য করতে সক্ষম—যাদের স্পর্শ বজ্র ও অশনির ন্যায় অসহনীয়, আর যারা দীপ্তমুখ সর্পের মতো ধেয়ে আসে।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores prudent leadership in dharmic crisis: when conflict becomes unavoidable, responsibility should be placed on one capable of bearing the heaviest, most dangerous burden—here, facing Bhīṣma’s near-unstoppable force—so that the community is not shattered by misjudgment.
In the Udyoga Parva’s war-preparation context, the speaker asserts that Dhṛṣṭadyumna alone is fit to endure Bhīṣma’s terrifying arrows, described through powerful similes (thunderbolt/lightning; blazing serpents), thereby supporting Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s suitability for a leading martial role.