Shloka 59
Śaineya’s Breakthrough and Reunion with Arjuna (शैनेयस्य समागमः)
यथोद्वृत्तं वारयते वेला वै सलिलार्णवम् | पाण्डुसैन्यं तथा संख्ये हार्दिक्य: समवारयत्,जैसे उद्वेलित हुए महासागरको किनारेकी भूमि आगे बढ़नेसे रोकती है, उसी प्रकार युद्धस्थलमें कृतवर्माने पाण्डव-सेनाको रोक दिया
yathodvṛttaṃ vārayate velā vai salilārṇavam | pāṇḍusainyaṃ tathā saṅkhye hārdikyaḥ samavārayat ||
Sañjaya said: Just as the shoreline holds back the ocean’s waters when they surge and swell, so in that battle Kṛtavarman (Hārdikya) checked the advance of the Pāṇḍava host.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights steadfast restraint: like a boundary that contains a powerful surge, disciplined courage and tactical firmness can check overwhelming momentum. In the ethical atmosphere of the Mahābhārata’s war, it also suggests that force is not only met by greater force, but by steadiness, position, and resolve.
Sañjaya reports that in the thick of battle Kṛtavarman (called Hārdikya) successfully halted the Pāṇḍava forces, comparing his defensive stand to the seashore holding back the swelling ocean.