Shloka 16
Adhyāya 108 — Nimitta-darśana and Drona’s counsel amid Arjuna’s advance (निमित्तदर्शनं द्रोणोपदेशश्च)
दुर्योधनो महाराज दुःशासनमभाषत | संजय कहते हैं--महाराज! ग्रीष्म-ऋतुके अन्तमें (वर्षारम्भ होनेपर) जैसे मेघ आकाशकमें सूर्यदेवको ढक लेते हैं
sañjaya uvāca | duryodhano mahārāja duḥśāsanam abhāṣata | tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau paurṇamāsyām ambuvegaṃ yathā velā mahodadheḥ ||
Sañjaya said: O King, Duryodhana addressed Duḥśāsana. Then King Yudhiṣṭhira, along with the two Pāṇḍava sons of Mādrī, checked the rush of the horsemen on the battlefield—just as the shoreline restrains the swelling surge of the great ocean at the full moon, even when it is filled with abundant waters and strains against its bounds.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Power that swells beyond limits is not inherently victorious; it can be contained by steadiness, order, and disciplined action aligned with dharma. The shoreline-and-ocean simile highlights the ethical value of restraint and rightful resistance amid violent conflict.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Duryodhana speaks to Duḥśāsana. Meanwhile, Yudhiṣṭhira together with Mādrī’s twin sons (Nakula and Sahadeva) blunts the charge of enemy horsemen, likened to a coast halting the ocean’s full-moon surge.