Shloka 166
तावकांस्तव पुत्रांश्व योधयन्ति प्रह्ृष्टवत् । राजन! नरेश्वर! शूरवीर पाण्डव भी पुत्रोंसहित आपके दिये हुए नाना प्रकारके अनेक क्लेशोंका स्मरण करके युद्धमें भय छोड़कर ब्रह्मलोक जानेके लिये उत्सुक हो बड़ी प्रसन्नताके साथ आपके सैनिकों और पुत्रोंके साथ युद्ध करने लगे
sañjaya uvāca | tāvakāṁs tava putrāṁś ca yodhayanti prahṛṣṭavat | rājan nareśvara śūravīrāḥ pāṇḍavā bhīṣmaputrāḥ sahitāḥ tvayā dattān nānāprakārān anekān kleśān smṛtvā yuddhe bhayaṁ tyaktvā brahmalokaṁ gantum utsukāḥ mahāpramuditāḥ santaḥ tava sainyaiḥ putraiś ca saha yuyutsavaḥ ||
Sañjaya said: O King, O lord of men—your troops and your sons are being fought by them as if with delight. The heroic Pāṇḍavas, together with the sons of Bhīṣma, remembering the many and varied hardships inflicted by you, have cast off fear in battle; eager to attain Brahmaloka, they have entered the fight with great joy against your soldiers and your sons.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames battle-readiness as a dharmic resolve: remembering endured injustices, the warriors abandon fear and act with steadfastness, viewing death in righteous combat as a gateway to a higher world (Brahmaloka).
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Pāṇḍavas (with allies) are vigorously engaging Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s troops and sons, fighting with visible exhilaration, motivated by past sufferings and by the aspiration for a heavenly end.