Shloka 10
Saubhadra under Concentrated Assault; Pārṣata’s Intervention and Escalation
हाहाकारो महानासीतू सर्वसैन्येषु भारत । तमिषुं संधितं दृष्टवा भारद्वाजेन संयुगे,भरतनन्दन! युद्धमें द्रोणाचार्यके द्वारा उस बाणका संधान होता देख सम्पूर्ण पाण्डव- सेनामें महान् हाहाकार मच गया
sañjaya uvāca | hāhākāro mahān āsīt sarvasainyeṣu bhārata | tam iṣuṃ sandhitaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhāradvājena saṃyuge ||
Sanjaya said: O Bharata, a great cry of alarm arose throughout the entire army when, on the battlefield, they saw the son of Bharadvaja (Drona) fitting and aiming that arrow.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how intention and preparedness for violence—symbolized by an arrow being set and aimed—can shake an entire community. It implicitly warns that power in war is not only physical but psychological, and that leaders’ actions can amplify fear and disorder.
Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that a great uproar spread through the forces when they saw Drona, the son of Bharadvaja, setting and aiming a particular arrow in the midst of battle, suggesting an imminent and formidable attack.