Mahabharata 7.92.33 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 92, Shloka 33
द्रोणपर्व — द्विनवति-तमोऽध्यायः
Sātyaki Pressed by Kauravas; Duryodhana and Kṛtavarmā Engagements
एवं दुःशासनबलं वध्यमानं किरीटिना । सम्प्राद्रवन्महाराज व्यथितं सहनायकम्,महाराज! इस प्रकार किरीटधारी अर्जुनकी मार खाकर अत्यन्त व्यथित हुई दुःशासनकी सेना अपने नायकसहित भाग चली
evaṁ duḥśāsana-balaṁ vadhyamānaṁ kirīṭinā | samprādravan mahārāja vyathitaṁ saha-nāyakam ||
Sañjaya sprach: „O König, so wurde das Heer Duḥśāsanas—vom diademgeschmückten Arjuna niedergemäht—bis ins Mark erschüttert und brach, mitsamt seinen Befehlshabern, die Reihen und floh. In der moralischen Logik der Schlacht zeigt dieser Augenblick, wie die Aggression eines Anführers zusammenstürzt, wenn sie auf überlegene Tüchtigkeit und disziplinierte Gegenwehr trifft, und wie sich Furcht durch ein Heer frisst, sobald seine Beschützer fallen.“
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights battlefield ethics and psychology: when a force is decisively checked by disciplined valor, its cohesion breaks; leadership failure and fear can rapidly spread, leading to flight. It also implies that unjust aggression, when confronted by rightful strength, tends to collapse.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Duḥśāsana’s troops, struck down by Arjuna, become shaken and flee together with their commanders, indicating a rout caused by Arjuna’s overpowering attack.
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