Shloka 43
भीष्मस्य मध्याह्नयुद्धवर्णनम् / Mid-day Battle Description: Bhīṣma Engaged by the Pāñcālas
धृष्टद्युम्नमुखास्त्वन्ये तव सैन्यमयोधयन् । तथैव तावका: सर्वे पाण्ड्सैन्यमयो धयन्,धृष्टद्यम्म आदि अन्य महारथी आपकी सेनाके साथ तथा आपके प्रमुख सैनिक पाण्डव-सेनाके साथ युद्ध करने लगे
dhṛṣṭadyumnamukhās tv anye tava sainyam ayodhayan | tathaiva tāvakāḥ sarve pāṇḍusainyam ayodhayan ||
Sañjaya said: Led by Dhṛṣṭadyumna, other warriors engaged your army in battle; and in the same way, all your own men fought against the Pāṇḍava host.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how war becomes a collective act: once leaders commit, entire armies follow, making responsibility and ethical consequence shared across a side—not only by commanders but by all who participate.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Dhṛṣṭadyumna and other Pāṇḍava-aligned warriors are attacking the Kaurava forces, while the Kauravas in turn are fully engaged against the Pāṇḍava army—battle lines are mutually locked in combat.