Shloka 26
भीमकर्णसमागमः | Bhīma–Karṇa Encounter
तस्मिन् जनसमुन्नादे प्रवृत्ते भैरवे सति । कदर्थीकृत्य ते पुत्र: प्रत्यमित्रमवारयत्,जिस समय वह भयंकर जन-कोलाहल हो रहा था उसी समय आपके पुत्रने अपने शत्रुको कुछ भी न समझकर आगे बढ़नेसे रोक दिया
tasmin jana-samunnāde pravṛtte bhairave sati | kadarthīkṛtya te putraḥ pratyamitrām avārayat ||
Sañjaya said: When that dreadful uproar of the masses had arisen, your son, treating the opposing foe as insignificant, advanced and checked him from moving forward.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a wartime ethic of resolute resistance: even amid terrifying chaos, a leader may act decisively to halt an opponent. At the same time, the phrase 'kadarthīkṛtya' signals the moral risk of contempt—boldness can be strengthened by discipline, but weakened by arrogance and underestimation of the enemy.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that, as a fearsome battlefield uproar erupted, Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son moved forward and stopped an opposing enemy from advancing, treating that adversary as of little account.